Installation for Windows

 Check if Java is already installed:

  • Right click the windows icon in the lower left corner of screen
  • Select Windows PowerShell
  • At the prompt ">" type this followed by the ENTER key to see the version
                  > java -version
  • You might see something like:

openjdk version "14.0.2" 2020-07-14
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 14.0.2+12-46)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 14.0.2+12-46, mixed mode, sharing)

  • It should be Java 1.8 or higher (14.0.2 is java 14 or 1.14 so that is higher)
  • If you get an error instead of information about the version then Java is not installed (make sure you typed it correctly)

 

Install Java if not present or incorrect version below 1.8:

  • Download from openjdk
    • https://jdk.java.net/archive/
      • This is the one we use:
      • https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk14.0.2/205943a0976c4ed48cb16f1043c5c647/12/GPL/openjdk-14.0.2_windows-x64_bin.zip
    • Open zip file after downloaded from browser or in the download folder
    • The following uses C:\java but could be installed anywhere but you need to make adjustments on these steps if you change where you install Java.  (you can put in C:\Program Files but that sometimes has permissions issues to unzip or use)
    • Extract zip file into C:\java and it will create the folder for this version as jdk-14.0.2:
      • Select jdk-14.0.2
      • Click extract or right click for option
      • Browse for folder c:\java
    • Setup Environment Path
      • Search in lower-left of screen in windows for “Edit Environment Variables for your account” in search box
      • If “Path” IS NOT there then add it with "new" button using c:\java\jdk-14.0.2
      • If “Path” IS there then use Edit. If there you need to consider if this will impact whatever was using it.  If there is a Java already there then replace it with Edit button otherwise use New button and add c:\java\jdk-14.0.2
      • The other option is to setup a System variable in same steps but that is not necessary but you may have a need for that.
      • If you have a JAVA_HOME variable that will be used over the path so changes are needed to that if you already have java

 

You should have received an email after your purchase with a link for a file to download:

  • Right click windows icon in lower left corner
  • Select Windows PowerShell
  • At the prompt ">" type this followed by the ENTER key to start installing
                    > java -jar (*Your folder goes here*)\install-X.Y.X.jar     
            like > java -jar C:\users\Ken\Downloads\install-1.0.25.jar
  • Follow the prompts including decide where you want to install the software.  This is where your data will be located also so think about using your Documents folder so something like C:\Users\Ken\Documents\trackthings would be good.  It could be a cloud drive but you need a license per computer like C:\Users\Ken\OneDrive\Documents\trackthings