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Sandeep Sehrawat
Sandeep Sehrawat

Reputation: 586

How to check whether java is installed on the computer

I am trying to install java windows application on client machine.I want to check whether requried JRE is installed on the machine or not. I want to check it by java program not by cmd command

Upvotes: 35

Views: 270678

Answers (12)

wenchunl
wenchunl

Reputation: 21

If java not installed yet. Then program written by java cannot be run to check if java is installed or not.

Upvotes: -1

zaursh
zaursh

Reputation: 49

1)Open the command prompt or terminal based on your OS.

2)Then type java --version in the terminal.

3) If java is installed successfullly it will show the respective version .

Upvotes: 0

mattmess1221
mattmess1221

Reputation: 4434

Using Apache Commons-Lang's SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion)

import org.apache.commons.lang3.JavaVersion;
import org.apache.commons.lang3.SystemUtils;

if (SystemUtils.isJavaVersionAtLeast(JavaVersion.JAVA_1_8)
    System.out.println("Java version was 8 or greater!");

Upvotes: 0

SpringLearner
SpringLearner

Reputation: 13844

if you are using windows or linux operating system then type in command prompt / terminal

java -version

If java is correctly installed then you will get something like this

java version "1.7.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode, sharing)

Side note: After installation of Java on a windows operating system, the PATH variable is changed to add java.exe so you need to re-open cmd.exe to reload the PATH variable.

Edit:

CD to the path first...

cd C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath
java -version

Upvotes: 56

user7230169
user7230169

Reputation: 17

type java -version in command prompt, it will give you the installed version of java on your system.

Upvotes: 0

Theolodis
Theolodis

Reputation: 5102

Type in the command window

java -version

If it gives an output everything should be fine. If you want to develop software you might want to set the PATH.

Upvotes: 0

jiggunjer
jiggunjer

Reputation: 2116

Check the installation directories (typically C:\Program Files (x86) or C:\Program Files) for the java folder. If it contains the JRE you have java installed.

Upvotes: 0

A4L
A4L

Reputation: 17595

You can do it programmatically by reading the java system properties

@Test
public void javaVersion() {
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.version"));
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.runtime.version"));
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.home"));
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.vendor"));
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.vendor.url"));
    System.out.println(System.getProperty("java.class.path"));
}

This will output somthing like

1.7.0_17
1.7.0_17-b02
C:\workspaces\Oracle\jdk1.7\jre
Oracle Corporation
http://java.oracle.com/
C:\workspaces\Misc\Miscellaneous\bin; ...

The first line shows the version number. You can parse it an see whether it fits your minimun required java version or not. You can find a description for the naming convention here and more infos here.

Upvotes: 9

M Abbas
M Abbas

Reputation: 6479

Open Command Prompt and type in the following command: java -version

Upon successful execution, the command will output the version of Java along with Java SE Runtime Environment’s build and Java HotSpot Client VM’s build.

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Upvotes: 5

Rahul
Rahul

Reputation: 45060

After installing Java, set the path in environmental variables and then open the command prompt and type java -version. If installed properly, it'll list the java version, jre version, etc.

You can additionally check by trying the javac command too. If it displays some data, you've your java installed with the proper path set, else it'll that javac is an invalid command.

Upvotes: 0

bNd
bNd

Reputation: 7630

command prompt:

C:\Users\admin>java -version (Press Enter>
java version "1.7.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.25-b01, mixed mode)

Upvotes: 4

dharam
dharam

Reputation: 8096

Go to this link and wait for a while to load.

http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp

You will see the below image: enter image description here

You can alternatively open command window and type java -version

Upvotes: 4

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