You know, JDK 17 is the latest Long Term Release (LTS) of Java SE platform (as of October 2021), in which Sealed Classes become standard language feature, along with updates and improvements to libraries.

In this post, I’d like to share with you about how to download and install Oracle JDK 17 from official source, on Windows operating system. Oracle JDK 17 is a distribution of JDK 17 under Oracle’s license.

 

1. Download Windows Installer for Oracle JDK 17

Head over to the official download page of Oracle JDK 17, choose Windows tab, and click on the download link for x64 installer, as shown below:

You should get the file jdk-17_windows-x64_bin.exe downloaded. Note that Oracle also provides SHA256 checksum for the file, for use in case you want to verify integrity of the file:

certutil -hashfile jdk-17_windows-x64_bin.exe SHA256

Compare the output of this command against the value posted by Oracle in the corresponding sha256 link.

 

2. Install Oracle JDK 17 on Windows

Double click the downloaded .exe file to launch the setup program for Oracle JDK 17:

Just click Next to start installing JDK 17 for your Windows computer. It should be very quick. The installer will update Java Path in C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath directory. Now you can open a new command prompt and type java –version to verify:

That means you have successfully installed Oracle JDK 17 on your Windows operating system. If it doesn’t work, follow this guide to update system environment variables for Java manually.

To watch the steps in action, I recommend you watch the following video:

 

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• How to check Java version
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