To identify your computer’s operating system, go to “System Information” by typing it in the Windows search bar.
* A computer with a Windows 32 bit operating system will not be able to install the latest Java JDK.
Click the link for Windows 64 bit, then click the download button. Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (Eclipse IDE)ĭownload Eclipse IDE here. To confirm the installation of MinGW, enter in “g++ –version.” The first line of the command prompt, which in my case was “g++ ( GCC -8.2.0-5) 8.2.0,” should show the version number (8.2.0 at the time of writing). Open Windows’s Command Prompt by typing “command prompt” into the Windows search bar. Select “Path” in the “Systems variables” list and click “Edit.” To add in the address to the list, click “New” and paste in the address copied from before.Ĭlick “OK” to close the three windows opened to add the address. Click “Environment Variables.” This will lead to the “Environment Variables” window. Click once in the address bar (to the right of the search bar) in empty space (not on the names, arrows, or folder) to copy the address/variable.Įnter “advanced system settings” in the Windows search bar to navigate to the “Advanced Systems Settings” window. Open the Local Disk (C:) directory in the Files Explorer, open the “MinGW” folder, and open the “bin” subfolder inside it. If some packages are still not installed, try clicking “Installation” again to redo the installation process.Ĭlose out the “MinGW Installation Manager.” The downloaded MinGW should be located in the Local Disk (C:) directory. * If the package boxes in the “MinGW Installation Manager” window are green, the packages are installed. Following the installation, close the “Applying Scheduled Changes” window.
This will start the installation of all the packages. Once all marked, click “Installation” on the top-left side of the window, click “Apply Changes” and click “Apply” in the smaller pop-up window. Right click the box to the left of the first package name, and click “Mark for Installation” in the pop-up menu. This will take you to a different window titled “MinGW Installation Manager,” which lists MinGW-related packages. A window titled “MinGW Installation Manager Setup Tool” will pop up.Ĭontinue through the window by clicking “Install.” Click “Continue” to initialize the installation, and click “Continue” again after everything has loaded. At the time of writing, the downloaded file name is “mingw-get-setup.exe.” Open the downloaded file. Scroll down to a small blue button with a windows logo. Minimalist GNU for Windows (MinGW)ĭownload the MinGW compiler here. To confirm the installation of Java, enter in “java –version.” The first line of the command prompt, which in my case was “java 13.0.2 ,” should show the version number (13.0.2 at the time of writing). To add in the copied address to the list in the new window, click “New” and paste it in.Ĭlick “OK” to close the three windows opened to add the address. Select “Path” in the “Systems variables” list and click “Edit,” which will bring you to a new window. Search “advanced system settings” in the Windows search bar to navigate to the “Advanced System Settings” window. Click once in the address bar (to the right of the search bar) in empty space (not on the names, arrows, or folder) to copy the address. Open the Local Disk (C:) directory in the Files Explorer, open the “Program Files” folder, open the downloaded “Java” folder, open the “jdk-” folder, and open the “bin” subfolder inside it. The downloaded file should be located in the Local Disk (C:) directory. In order for Java to work, however, it has to be set in “Environment Variables.” Follow the next steps to set Java’s address/variable in “Environment Variables”: Once the download has completed, close the window. Click on “Next” again to set the Java JDK to the default location. Click the downloaded file to open the installer.
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Scroll down to find the links to the downloads. If the machine responds with “‘javac’ is not recognized ,” then Java JDK will need to be installed otherwise, move on to downloading the Eclipse IDE.Ĭlick here to access the Java JDK downloads page. In order to determine whether Java JDK is already on your system, opening the command prompt, type “javac” and hit enter. To install and setup the Eclipse IDE, first download Java Development Kit (Java JDK) because Eclipse is a Java-based IDE second, download Minimalist GNU for Windows (MinGW) as the compiler and third, download Eclipse Integrated Development Environment (Eclipse IDE) for C/C++.