In this article, I will guide you to download and install Java 8 (JDK 8) on Windows operating system. Though Java 8 is a quite old version (released in 2014), it is still in used by many organizations and preferred by many programmers. That’s why Oracle extends commercial support for JDK 8 until December 2030.

To download JDK 8, head to Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads page and choose a download file suitable for your operating system. Oracle JDK 8 is distributed in archives (zip and targ.z) and installers (rpm for Linux, dmg for macOS and exe for Windows).

For Windows 10 x64-bit, choose to download the file jdk-8u251-windows-x64.exe file. You must login using an Oracle account (if you don’t have an Oracle account, then creating one is free).

I recommend you to verity the integrity of the downloaded by comparing SHA256 checksum of the file against the value published here. On Windows, type the following command:

certutil -hashfile jdk-8u251-windows-x64.exe sha256

If the generated SHA256 checksum value matches the one posted by Oracle, you’re safe to launch JDK 8 setup program. You will see this screen:

Click Next twice to proceed the installation of Java 8. Then it also asks you to install JRE 8:

Click Next to proceed and click Close when the setup done.

Note that Oracle JDK 8 setup automatically updates the PATH system environment variable so if you type java –version command in a Windows Command prompt, you would see this:

That means you have successfully installed JDK 8 on your computer. For development with Java 8, you should configure JAVA_HOME as described in this guide.

For visual steps, you can watch the following video:

 

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