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maybites edited this page Jun 1, 2022 · 7 revisions

1. Download JDK for your machine

1.1 OpenJDK for Windows

go to http://jdk.java.net/ and select the current Ready to use Version. Download the build for your OS and untar the content.

1.2 official JDK for Windows and OSX

follow these instructions

2. Win

If you installed openJDK and stored the extracted folder under

C:\Program Files\Java\

in case of JDK15 it looks like

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.1

2.2.1 edit the registry

  1. open Notepad

  2. paste the following code into the editor

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JDK]
"CurrentVersion"="1.15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JDK\1.15]
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit]
"CurrentVersion"="1.15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit\1.15]
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JRE]
"CurrentVersion"="1.15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\JRE\1.15]
"RuntimeLib"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1\\bin\\server\\jvm.dll"
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment]
"CurrentVersion"="1.15"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment\1.15]
"RuntimeLib"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1\\bin\\server\\jvm.dll"
"JavaHome"="C:\\Program Files\\Java\\jdk-15.0.1"

  1. adjust all the paths and versions according to the downloaded JDK in the previous step.

  2. save the file with a .reg extension and execute it with admin rights.

now your JDK is ready for action with this max-mxj package.

2.2.2 add the paths

If you need the JDK for other tools (like Atom) you need to add the search paths manually:

here the detailed instructions (for Java 12)

in case of the above version the

the JAVA_HOME variable would be C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.1

the newly added executable path inside the Path variable would be C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-15.0.1\bin

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