Installing BlueJ (and the JDK) on a PC
Installing the JDK
- Access the CD-ROM that came with your textbook by placing it in
your PC's CD drive and opening the CD. If you're in Windows 98,
double-click on the "My Computer" icon. Then double-click on the icon
corresponding to the CD (which will be labelled "JSS4eCD").
- Open the JavaSDK folder. There are several interesting documents
in this folder, including a README file. You might want to check these
out at some point.
- Running the application "jdk-1_5_0-beta2-windows-i586.exe" by
double-clicking on it. This will pop up a window that says something
about "extracting files", etc.
- After a while, you will be asked a series of questions. You can
accept the default answers, but make sure you note the directory under
which you are installing SDK.
- After much whirring and clanking from the CD and your hard drive
the installation should finish. (You will click on the "Finish" button.
At your discretion you can choose, here, to read the associated README
file by clicking on the corresponding "check box".)
Installing the BlueJ IDE
- Use your web browser (Netscape or Internet Explorer) to access http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html.
- Follow the directions to download the latest version of BlueJ.
(As of this writing, it is version 2.0.5.) Note the directory in which
you save the downloaded .exe file. You may--but probably
won't--need this when you get to "step 3" of BlueJ.org's instructions.
- To test your installation, go ahead and run BlueJ. Use the
Project menu to open one of the sample projects from the Example
directory, located in the directory at which you installed BlueJ.
Compile the file there, and run it, as we discussed in class.