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Java JRE installation

To install Java JRE, execute the following steps:

1.Download Java from: https://www.java.com/; If the OpenJDK version of Java, which does not need licensing, will be used, download it from: https://adoptopenjdk.net/;

2.Execute the Java installation file and proceed with the installation;

JAVA_HOME environment variable configuration

3.After installing Java, click on the Windows Start menu;

4.Right-click on My Computer and select Properties;

5.Select the Advanced tab and click on Environment;

6.In System Variables, click on New;

7.On the New System Variable screen, fill in the following fields:

▪Variable name: Enter JAVA_HOME;

▪Variable value: Enter the JAVA directory, for example: C:\Program Files\Java\jre8

8.Click on OK;

9.In the System Variables list, select Path and click on Edit;

10. In the Variable value field, type in before the first instruction: %JAVA_HOME%\bin. If you are using Windows Server version 2012 or lower, do as displayed in the image below:

If you are using Windows Server version 2016 or higher, perform the following steps:

i.After selecting the Path variable, click on Edit Text:

ii.In the Variable value field, type: %JAVA_HOME%\bin before the first instruction, as shown in the image below:

11. Click on OK;

12. Click on OK to close the Environment variables window.