tech291083

Hi,

I am on Fedora core 5 32+ bit and I want to learn Java a bit on my own. As far as I know I need to download JDK from Sun site which also contains JRE but when I go to Sun site I really get confused as what I really need to go for. Can any one please tell me the answer more speciically as I am a novice. Thanks. Here is the page I go to:

Sun Microsystems - Sun Developer Network (SDN)

And then as I understand I click and expand the last link called Java SE on the left hand side which gives options like

* Java SE (JDK) 6 Download
* Java Accessibility Download
* Java Access Bridge Download
* JavaBeans Architecture Download
* Java Plug-in Software for Windows XP Download
* Java Web Start Software Download
* Java Database Connectivity Technology Download
* Java Advanced Imaging API Download
* Java Authentication And Authorization Service Download
* Java Communications API Download
* Java Cryptography Extension Download
* Java Data Objects Download
* Java Help System Download
etc..

And then I select the very fist one called Java SE (JDK) 6 Download and this take me to a new page with options like

JDK 6u1
JDK 6u1 with Java EE
JDK 6u1 with NetBeans 5.5.1

etc and I then click on the Download button next to the first one called JDK 6u1 taking me to another page and giving a few tables with different operating systems name above them so I choose Linux Platform - Java(TM) SE Development Kit 6 Update 1 table and download the first one called Linux RPM in self-extracting file jdk-6u1-linux-i586-rpm.bin 57.87 MB

Am I doing everything right here? Please guide me as I am a newbie and need a lot of help. Thanks a lot.

tech291083

Looks like it is almost the right page. Going for JDK 6u1 with NetBeans 5.5.1 hoping it will work eventually...

tech291083

Thanks I have just downloaded the JDK 6u1 with NetBeans 5.5.1 which has got JRE built into it already.