So on Windows, we do this again by opening up the environment variables area of the advanced system settings, creating a new variable called JAVA_HOME, and as the value setting the path where we ...

Not all Java installers configure these environment variables. If you need to configure these settings manually, follow these tutorials on how to configure JAVA_HOME or set the Java PATH.

Usage java-version: The Java version that is going to be set up. Takes a whole or semver Java version. If not specified, the action will expect java-version-file input to be specified.

A prerequisite for this course is that you know Java. And an important indicator is that you can set your Java class path. If you need a refresher, read this How to Set your Classpath and setting ...