[Geany-Users] How to install geany to develop applications in java

[David Topham]

>From my own experience, using Linux is easier and can be done from within
Windows 10!

search:  Ubuntu subsystem wsl for windows 10

On Wed, Dec 2, 2020 at 10:43 AM Dan Healy <dfhealy at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks for the response to my request for information on installing Geany
> and Java on my new Windows 10 system.  I am very new to Windows 10 and am
> bogged down in that.  I will have to get better at Windows 10 before I take
> on Java and Geany.
>
> Dan H.
>
> On Fri, Nov 20, 2020 at 7:14 PM Matthew Brush <mbrush at codebrainz.ca>
> wrote:
>
>> On 2020-11-20 11:50 a.m., Dan Healy wrote:
>> > I develop software in java.  I have been using geany on a ubuntu linux
>> > system.  Due to  conditions beyond my control I have had to go to
>> Windows
>> > 10.  I have installed geany on my Windows 10 system but I am unable to
>> get
>> > geany to find my java source code.  I don't think java is included with
>> my
>> > installation of geany.
>> >
>> > How do I install geany on my Windows 10 system so I can edit java code,
>> > compile it, and execute it?
>> >
>>
>> You are correct that Java is not included with Geany, you have to
>> install your preferred Java toolchain and runtime yourself. Once you've
>> done that and ensured the location containing the `javac` and `java`
>> executables is in your `%PATH%` environment variable, Geany's default
>> build commands should "just work". If you don't put the Java binaries in
>> your `PATH` variable, you will have to edit Geany's build commands to
>> specify the full absolute path to those tools.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Matthew Brush
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