Amazon Corretto 8 Installation Instructions for Windows 10 or
Later
This topic describes how to install and uninstall Amazon Corretto 8 on a host or container running the Windows 10 or later Windows operating system.
Install Amazon Corretto 8
Prerequisite: Amazon Corretto 8 requires Visual C++ Redistributable Package for Visual Studio 2013 or newer. If it's not installed
in your system, you can find it from Microsoft Download Center
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Download a Windows
.msifile from the Downloads page. -
Double-click the .msi file to start the installation wizard.
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Follow the steps in the wizard.
You have the option of setting a custom installation path. By default, Amazon Corretto 8 is installed at
C:\Program Files\Amazon Corretto\. If you set a custom path, make a note of it for the next step. -
Once the install wizard is finished, set the
JAVA_HOMEandPATHenvironment variables.Set
JAVA_HOMEto the installation location, noting that the directory contains the currently-installed version. For example, if the default directory is used for 8u442, then setJAVA_HOMEasC:\Program Files\Amazon Corretto\jdk1.8.0_442.Add
%JAVA_HOME%\binto the currentPATHvariable. -
Verify the installation by running java -version in a command prompt. You should see the following output.
openjdk version "1.8.0_442" OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-8.442.06.1 (build 1.8.0_442-b06) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-8.442.06.1 (build 25.442-b06, mixed mode)
Uninstall Amazon Corretto 8
You can uninstall Amazon Corretto 8 by following the standard steps to uninstall an application from Windows.
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Open Programs and Features.
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Search for Amazon Corretto 8 and then select it.
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Choose uninstall.
