Recent changes to Windows Installation

Windows Installation modified by Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw — Tue, 01 May 2018 09:11:16 -0000

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@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

 The file chosen for the lejos image to write to the disk is the one from the installation that you have just created, and should be correct.

-If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/javaseemeddedev3-1982511.html. Make sure you choose the Java 7 JRE not the Java 8 SDK, unless you plan to create a Java 8 compact profile.
+If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/javaseemeddedev3-1982511.html  Make sure you choose the Java 7 JRE not the Java 8 SDK, unless you plan to create a Java 8 compact profile.

 When you have downloaded the Oracle JRE, click on the JRE button and choose the file. It should be in your Downloads directory, and its name starts ejre and ends .gz.

Windows Installation modified by Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw — Tue, 01 May 2018 09:09:51 -0000

Windows Installation modified by Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw — Mon, 30 Apr 2018 22:00:19 -0000

--- v21
+++ v22
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

 The file chosen for the lejos image to write to the disk is the one from the installation that you have just created, and should be correct.

-If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://java.com/legomindstorms. Make sure you choose the Java 7 JRE not the Java 8 SDK, unless you plan to create a Java 8 compact profile.
+If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/javaseemeddedev3-1982511.html. Make sure you choose the Java 7 JRE not the Java 8 SDK, unless you plan to create a Java 8 compact profile.

 When you have downloaded the Oracle JRE, click on the JRE button and choose the file. It should be in your Downloads directory, and its name starts ejre and ends .gz.

Windows Installation modified by Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 08:24:21 -0000

--- v20
+++ v21
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@

 Note that the current version of leJOS is 0.9.1, but the screens below have not yet been updated to reflect that.

-Download the installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lejos/files/lejos-EV3/ and run it.
+Download the installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/ev3.lejos.p/files/ and run it.

 You should see the following screen:

Windows Installation modified by Lawrie Griffiths

Lawrie Griffiths — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 09:41:59 -0000

--- v19
+++ v20
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 Note: A Youtube video showing the installation can be found here: http://youtu.be/6dqgHE8g4is

-Starting at release 0.8.1-beta, there is a Windows installer for leJOS EV3. Note that the current version of leJOS is 0.9.0, but the screens below have not yet been updated to reflect that.
+Note that the current version of leJOS is 0.9.1, but the screens below have not yet been updated to reflect that.

 Download the installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lejos/files/lejos-EV3/ and run it.

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@

 [[img src=java.png]]

-Choose the JDK that you wish to use on your PC for compiling leJOS programs. Java 7 or 8 is recommended for this release. However, to use Java 8, you will need to create a suitable compact profile, so it is currently easiest to use Java 7. If you don't already have a Java JDK installed, click Download JDK and follow the instructions.
+Choose the JDK that you wish to use on your PC for compiling leJOS programs. Java 7 or 8 is recommended for this release. However, to use Java 8 on the EV3, you will need to create a suitable compact profile, so it is currently easiest to use Java 7 on the EV3, but Java 7 on the EV3 and Java 8 on the PC is fine.. If you don't already have a Java JDK installed, click Download JDK and follow the instructions.

 When you have chosen your JDK, click Next and you should see:

Windows Installation modified by Lawrie Griffiths

Lawrie Griffiths — Sat, 10 Jan 2015 10:11:50 -0000

--- v18
+++ v19
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@

 Note: A Youtube video showing the installation can be found here: http://youtu.be/6dqgHE8g4is

-Starting at release 0.8.1-beta, there is a Windows installer for leJOS EV3.
+Starting at release 0.8.1-beta, there is a Windows installer for leJOS EV3. Note that the current version of leJOS is 0.9.0, but the screens below have not yet been updated to reflect that.

 Download the installer from https://sourceforge.net/projects/lejos/files/lejos-EV3/ and run it.

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@

 [[img src=java.png]]

-Choose the JDK that you wish obn your PC for compiling leJOS programs. Java 7 is recommended for this release. If you don't already have a Java JDK installed, click Download JDK and follow the instructions.
+Choose the JDK that you wish to use on your PC for compiling leJOS programs. Java 7 or 8 is recommended for this release. However, to use Java 8, you will need to create a suitable compact profile, so it is currently easiest to use Java 7. If you don't already have a Java JDK installed, click Download JDK and follow the instructions.

 When you have chosen your JDK, click Next and you should see:

@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

 The file chosen for the lejos image to write to the disk is the one from the installation that you have just created, and should be correct.

-If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://java.com/legomindstorms make sure you choose the Java 7 jre not the Java 8 SDK.
+If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://java.com/legomindstorms. Make sure you choose the Java 7 JRE not the Java 8 SDK, unless you plan to create a Java 8 compact profile.

 When you have downloaded the Oracle JRE, click on the JRE button and choose the file. It should be in your Downloads directory, and its name starts ejre and ends .gz.

Windows Installation modified by Andy Shaw

Andy Shaw — Sun, 03 Aug 2014 14:10:53 -0000

--- v17
+++ v18
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@

 The file chosen for the lejos image to write to the disk is the one from the installation that you have just created, and should be correct.

-If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one.
+If you have not yet downloaded the Oracle JRE for the EV3, click on the link and you will be taken to the Oracle web site to download it. You will need to create an account, if you do not already have one. If for some reason the link does not take you to the Oracle download page for the EV3/ARM JRE then please try downloading it from this location  http://java.com/legomindstorms make sure you choose the Java 7 jre not the Java 8 SDK.

 When you have downloaded the Oracle JRE, click on the JRE button and choose the file. It should be in your Downloads directory, and its name starts ejre and ends .gz.

Windows Installation modified by Brian Bagnall

Brian Bagnall — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 19:22:54 -0000

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+++ v17
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 Windows installation
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+Note: A Youtube video showing the installation can be found here: http://youtu.be/6dqgHE8g4is

 Starting at release 0.8.1-beta, there is a Windows installer for leJOS EV3.

@@ -83,4 +85,3 @@
 You can then proceed to configure your Wifi dongle, if you have one, and then start developing leJOS programs.

 We recommend using the Eclipse IDE for developing leJOS programs, with the leJOS EV3 Eclipse plugin - see [Installing the Eclipse plugin].
-

Windows Installation modified by Sven Köhler

Sven Köhler — Wed, 14 May 2014 15:58:51 -0000

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+++ v16
@@ -54,9 +54,9 @@

 You will need to create a SD card containing an 0.8.1-alpha version of leJOS EV3, unless you already have one.

-You will need a blank SD card of at least 2Gb. If you are reusing one from a previous version of leJOS EV3, you must delete all the files from it.
+You will need a blank SD card of at least 2GB and no more than 32GB. SDXC cards are not supported by the EV3 hardware. If you are reusing one from a previous version of leJOS EV3, you must delete all the files from it.

-The SD card must be formatted as FAT32, must be empty, and must have at least 400Mb of free space.
+The SD card must be formatted as FAT32, must be empty, and must have at least 400MB of free space.

 Insert your SD card into your SD drive, make sure the check box remains ticked, and click Finish, and the ev3sdcard utility will start.

Windows Installation modified by Lawrie Griffiths

Lawrie Griffiths — Fri, 18 Apr 2014 13:57:32 -0000

--- v14
+++ v15
@@ -82,6 +82,5 @@

 You can then proceed to configure your Wifi dongle, if you have one, and then start developing leJOS programs.

-We recommend using the Eclipse IDE for developing leJOS programs, with the leJOS EV3 Eclipse plugin.
+We recommend using the Eclipse IDE for developing leJOS programs, with the leJOS EV3 Eclipse plugin - see [Installing the Eclipse plugin].

-