JAVA subdirectories of the JDK

November 18, 2009
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Defaul directory for the JDK is, C:\Program Files\JAVA\jdk1.6.0\bin

I will use C:\JAVA\jdk1.6.0\bin

Directory information

  • BIN – The JAVA development tools and commands
  • JRE – The root directory of the Java Runtime Environment.
  • LIB – Additional libraries of code that are required by the development tools.
  • DOCs – The on-line documentation that you can download (More details below).

Two important files in the JDK directory

  • readme.html – An HTML page that provides information on the JAVA SE, including system requirements, features, and documentation links
  • src.zip – A zip file containing the source code of the JAVA SE API.

To download the API documentation:

  • Go to java.sun.com
  • Go to download page for the version of the JDK that is used and find the hyperlink for the JAVA SE 6 documentation download.
  • Follow the instructions for the download and save the zip file to your hard drive.

How to install the API documentation

  • Extract all files to a documentation directory.
  • Usually C:\Program Files\JAVA\jdk1.6.0\