How To Install OpenJDK 13 On Windows

This tutorial explains all the steps required to install OpenJDK 13 on Windows 10. The steps to install OpenJDK 13 on other versions of Windows should be similar to the steps explained in this tutorial.

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Notes: You may follow What's New In Java 13 to know about the new features introduced in JDK 13.

Download OpenJDK

Open the JDK 13 GA Release site and download the distribution for Windows as highlighted in Fig 1.

Since the release of OpenJDK 14, the above download link will show warning message. We can download it from the Archived OpenJDK GA Releases.

Click on the zip download link to download OpenJDK for Windows. Also, verify your download using the given sha256 checksum.

Install OpenJDK

Extract the downloaded zip to the desired location. In my case, I have extracted the downloaded zip to C:\java\java-13. The zip extractor will extract the files to C:\java\java-13\jdk-13.

This is the only step required to install OpenJDK on windows.

Set Environment Variables

In this step, we will configure the environment variables in order to use the OpenJDK from Command Prompt. Open Command Prompt and check the installed version of Java using the command java -version as shown in Fig 2.

It shows the version of Java 8 since my current version of Java is 8. In your case it might show another version of the Java if it's already installed, else it will show the message - Java is not recognized as internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Right Click -> My Computer(This PC) -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings

The above steps will open the Windows settings panel as shown in Fig 3.

Now click on Environment Variables, select Path under System Variables section and click on Edit. We need to add the path of installed JDK to system Path.

Click on New Button and add the path to installed JDK bin which is C:\java\java-13\jdk-13\bin in our case. It should look like the one shown in Fig 4.

Press OK Button 3 times to close all the windows. This sets the JDK 13 on system environment variables to access the same from the console.

Notes: Remove existing PATH values specific to previously installed Java. Also update JAVA_HOME, in case it was already set.

Now again open the console and test the Java version as shown in Fig 5. Make sure to use a new console to test the version.

It must show the OpenJDK version as shown in Fig 5. You might need to restart the system in case it does not reflect the JDK version installed by us.

Getting started with Java - Hello World

In this step, we will write, compile, and execute our first program in Java using the standard Hello World example.

Now write the first Java program as shown below, save the program as HelloWorld.java and exit the editor. Make sure that the class name and file name are the same.

class HelloWorld {

	public static void main( String[] args ) {

		System.out.println( "Hello World !!\n" );
	}
}

Now open the command prompt and navigate to the path where you have saved your Java program. Use the below-mentioned commands to compile and execute the program.

# Compile - Specify file name and extension
javac HelloWorld.java

# Execute - Spicy file name
java HelloWorld

# Output
Hello World !!

These are the easy to install steps required to install OpenJDK on Windows and write and execute the Java program.