CPSC120B Installing Java and Emacs

CPSC120A: Fundamentals of Computer Science
Fall 2011: Installing Java and Emacs

Java: Go to the Java download page and click on the download button under the Java SE 7 JDK section. Choose the installer that is appropriate for your computer (either Windows x86 or Windows x64). If you are not sure which is appropriate read this article. Once the exe file has downloaded, double click it to run the installer. When the install has finished running, follow these instructions to update the PATH Environment variable.
Emacs: Go to the Emacs download page and click on the emacs-23.3-bin-i386.zip link. Decompress the downloaded zip file to where you would like Emacs installed (a typical location is the Program Files folder. Double click the addpm application that is inside the bin folder of the emacs-23.3 folder you decompressed. You can now run Emacs from the windows start menu.
Terminal: Windows has a terminal-like application called Command Prompt that you can use to compile (javac) and execute (java) your programs. There are a few differences you should take note of:
1. To list files use the dir command.
2. Back slash characters are used to separate directories in file paths.
3. There is no root directory. Instead there are multiple drives. Typically most files will be found on the drive C:\
Zip: Windows has zip compression software integrated into the operating system. To compress or zip a folder, right click on the folder and choose New > Compressed (zipped) Folder.

Java: You're done, OS X comes with the Java development kit.
Emacs: Go to the Emacs for OS X download page and click on the download button. Double click on the downloaded dmg file and follow the instructions.
Terminal: You can find the terminal application in the Utilities folder in your Applications folder.
Zip: OS X has zip compression software integrated into the operating system. To compress or zip a folder, right click on the folder and choose Compress.