Use chocolatey to install software. From an administrative command prompt:
@powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "iex ((new-object net.webclient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))" && SET PATH=%PATH%;%ALLUSERSPROFILE%\chocolatey\bin
Re-open the administrative command prompt afterward to ensure all changes are reflected.
choco install eclipse -y
Run Eclipse from desktop shortcut. If you encounter error code 13, this means that the jdk that was already installed on your machine was 32 bit. To fix,
choco install jdk8 --force -y
..then retry running Eclipse.
Easiest is GitHub desktop. Install this directly from the website. Will install 2 shortcuts on the desktop:
- bash shell
- github windows gui
You must have a version of Java installed already, or else you cannot proceed. Check c:\program files\java
and c:\program files (x86)\java
for Java versions. Folders named jdk
are better than jre
, but jre
may still work for Eclipse. jdk8
is ideal.
If your only Java version is in the Program Files (x86)
folder then you must use 32 bit Eclipse. Otherwise, you should use 64 bit.
Download Eclipse installer from the download website and follow the instructions on the website to run it.
For Git, you can use the same instructions as those that have admin access (the GitHub desktop app does not require any special permissions).