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Create the directory structure
 | c:\_home
 | apps (for your Java tools) |
| devel (for your Java coding projects) |
| depl (for deploying your Java projects) |
| data (for project data)
| data/javadb
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JDK 6 Update x
(x is the actual JDK sub-version number)
| JDK goes into c:\_home\apps\java\jdk1.6.0_xx (xx is the update
number) |
| JRE goes into
c:\_home\apps\java\jre6
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Java SE 6 Documentation
| Install into
c:\_home\apps\java\jdk-6-doc\docs folder
| uncompress jdk-6uxx-doc.zip into this folder (xx is the update
number)
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The latest NetBeans IDE
'Java SE', 'Java', or 'All' download bundles
| NetBeans IDE goes into
c:\_home\apps\netbeans 6.x.x (x is sub-version numbers)
| Tomcat and Glassfish servers
| c:\_home\apps\Tomcat 6.x (x is the actual Tomcat's
sub-version number) |
| c:\_home\apps\GlassFish
3.x.x (x is sub-version numbers)
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Create Windows system environment
variable
| JAVA_HOME=c:\_home\apps\java\jdk1.6.0_xx (xx is the update number)
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Update Windows PATH system
environment variable
| add the following string to the end of PATH variable:
| ;%JAVA_HOME%\bin
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CLASSPATH system environment variable
| add the following string to the end of PATHPATH variable:
| ;.
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