Windows install

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JMRI Install Guide: Windows

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1. Determine if your hardware supports Java and JMRI

We have had a report that a 100MHz Pentium is too slow to use, and another that a 120MHz Pentium II is fine, so somewhere around there is the minimum machine configuration, but it's important to have enough memory. We recommend you have at least 96MB of memory for Windows 98, and 128MB of memory for Windows 2000 or later. Having 128MB or 256MB respectively would give better performance. For the more complicated programmer screens, a display with a resolution of 800x600 or larger is strongly recommended. Note that used PC hardware is available for very little money; it might be cheaper to buy a used computer than to update your existing one.

2. Get and Install Java (if needed)

Start by making sure you have an appropriate version of Java on your system by typing

java -version

You need to have Java 1.4 or later installed on your machine. We test with JRE 1.5 and recommend you use it or a later version.

If you don't yet have Java installed, you can also get installers from Sun by going to this link: [2]