DOWNLOADING BLUEJ

 

Assignments should be done using the free BlueJ development environment over JavaTM 2 Platform Standard Edition 6.0 (J2SETM 6.0 or JDK 1.6.0 or JDKTM 6.0). To install the BlueJ environment, please do the following:

 

1) Download BlueJ

a)  go to: http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html 

b) only if using windows: download Java Development Kit:

    1.  look at  the "system requirements" box on the right
    2. click on  "JDK6.0"
    3. click the "download JDK" button next to  "JDK 6 Update 18" (in the middle of the page)
    4. choose windows or windows/64. If you are not sure:
    5. start / programs / accessories / system tools / system info. If you see x86 anywhere on this screen, you have a 32 bit (windows) system. If you see x64 or ia64 or amd64 anywhere on this screen, you have a 64 bit system. See http://support.microsoft.com/kb/827218 if these instructions were not clear enough.
    6. Click to agree and click continue
    7. Choose "skip this" if it asks you to register.
    8. Right click on the file below "Java SE Development Kit 6u18" (which might be called  jdk-6u18-windows-i586.exe)  and choose "save target as" (You could instead use the sun download manager, but many people have problems with that.)
    9. Choose a folder (and take note of it so you can find your download) and hit save
    10. Choose run. (Note that you can also use windows explorer to find the downloaded file and double click it.)
    11. Go back to http://www.bluej.org/download/download.html 

 

d) Download BlueJ version 2.5.3:

*   If you use windows, right click on "bluejsetup-253.exe" and choose "save target as".

*   If you use a mac, right click on "bluej-253.zip" and choose "save target as".

2) Download Adelphi BlueJ environment files

§         go to: http://home.adelphi.edu/~pe16132/csc171/

§         click on BlueJ

§         Click on download Adelphi BlueJ zip and choose the folder c:\bluej

§         Click on the BlueJ.zip file to expand here, and expand into C:\bluej. It should ask you whether you want to replace files. If it doesn’t, you expanded into the wrong place.

§         (If this does not work, don't worry. This step can be skipped.)

 3) Start BlueJ