How to Install Java and Eclipse for Selenium WebDriver?

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This post discusses about the “How to install Java and Eclipse for Selenium Web driver?”. We will focus on which software’s are needed before we can start working with Selenium WebDriver. Which software to install and how to install, plus see step by step to completely grasp the concept.

So, go ahead and enjoy reading…

Step 1: Download and Set up Java for Selenium

How to download Java:

First of all you need to install JDK (Java development kit) in your system. So Click here to download Java and install it in your system as per given installation guide over there or follow the below mentioned steps.

• If you need to install 32bit download “windows offline” else 64bit then “windows offline(64bit)”.
• Start the setup with “Run as administrator”.
• Follow the instructions shown on setup and follow the screen.

Step 2: How to Download Eclipse

Goto First link shown when you search on Google “Download Eclipse”

Download eclipse from eclipse.org :

Download Eclipse for Java Developers, extract and save it in any drive. This software is totally free. You can run ‘eclipse.exe’ directly so you do not need to install Eclipse in your system.

Start the setup with “Run as administrator”

Important while installing this:

1. When installing select option “Eclipse Ide for Java Developers” and,

2. “Accept” all plugins agreement whenever you encounter during the setup.

Conclusion

To start working with Selenium using Eclipse, two important software needed on your machine.

1. Java JRE\JDK.
2. Eclipse

Next we will see the step of installing Selenium, and related packages to be imported and setup in eclipse.

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