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Fully hand-held tutorial on setting up the Java environment to a usable state as quickly as possible. Only knowledge of using the terminal is expected. This tutorial will be completely self-contained (excluding links to downloads).

For more detailed tutorials, see General Development Environment Setup Guide


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

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

Hereby, "open a terminal" will refer to launching git bash.

Java

We use Java 17.

This will download Java to the folder (or as appropriate for the version)

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-17.0.3.1
  • (The java path variable is already set. No action is needed)
  • Double-check that java is installed properly:

Open a terminal and type in:

java -version

Something like the following should be outputted:

java version "17.0.3.1" 2022-04-22 LTS
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 17.0.3.1+2-LTS-6)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 17.0.3.1+2-LTS-6, mixed mode, sharing)

Gradle

We are currently on Gradle 7. We will install it manually for ease of understanding. The official guide is here for reference. (Aside: we do not use the Gradle Wrapper)

  • Download the latest Gradle 7 distribution (7.4.2 as of writing).
    • Choose the complete version.
    • Remember where you downloaded it.

  • Unpack Gradle (excerpted from the gradle website)

    Create a new directory C:\Gradle with File Explorer.

    Open a second File Explorer window and go to the directory where the Gradle distribution was downloaded. Double-click the ZIP archive to expose the content. Drag the content folder gradle-7.4.2 to your newly created C:\Gradle folder.

  • Configure Gradle

    In File Explorer right-click on the This PC (or Computer) icon, then click Properties -> Advanced System Settings -> Environmental Variables.

    Under System Variables select Path, then click Edit. Add an entry for C:\Gradle\gradle-7.4.2\bin. Click OK to save.

  • Verify installation

    Open a console (or a Windows command prompt) and run gradle -v to run gradle and display the version, e.g.:

    $ gradle -v

------------------------------------------------------------
Gradle 7.4.2
------------------------------------------------------------

IDE



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