Fully hand-held tutorial on setting up the Java environment to a usable state as quickly as possible. No prior software experience is expected, nor is any understanding of third-party softwareOnly knowledge of using the terminal is expected. This tutorial will be completely self-contained (excluding links to downloads).

For more detailed tutorials, see Entry Point: Running IHMC Software

Ubuntu

(in progress)

Java

Open a terminal and run

sudo apt install openjdk-17-jdk openjdk-17-doc openjdk-17-source

Gradle

IDE

Windows

Git

Install Git. Use the 64-bit standalone installer

• https://git-scm.com/download/win

This will be used for all terminal interactions on Windows. Access by searching for Git Bash on the windows search

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Java

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We use Java 17.

• Go to the Oracle download page and download the MSI installer.

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This will download Java to the folder 

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.3.1

•  Add the above path to your environmental variables: // TODO is this step necessary anymore?

Open windows search and search for "Environmental Variables"

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Gradle

IDE