Installing Java

PCGen requires Java version 11 or higher.

On Windows Operating Systems

  1. Open Start Menu
  2. Open Programs
  3. select MS-DOS Prompt  (Alternately, you can click Start, then Run, and type 'command' in the window and hit ok)
  4. type "java -version" (without the quotes)

You need to see the following or something similar:

openjdk version "12" 2019-03-19
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 12+33)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 12+33, mixed mode, sharing)

If you see a correct version of java, close the MS-DOS window and you should be able to run PCGen.

If you do not see the correct version, close the MS-Dos window and go to http://java.com/ and download the latest non-beta version (currently 1.6.0_01 as of April 2007)

  1. Click "Download Now"
  2. Verify the version offered is suitable for your system, if not, click on "Download other Java software versions"
  3. Click "Begin Download"
  4. Follow the instructions to install Java

On macOS/Apple Operating Systems

The Java Runtime Environment is only available on Mac OS X.

On UNIX and Linux Operating Systems

  1. Open a command prompt
  2. type "java -version" (without the quotes)

You need to see the following or something similar:

java version "1.5.0_11"
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_11-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.5.0_11-b03, mixed mode)

If you see the correct version of java, close the command prompt window and you should be able to run PCGen.

If you do not see the correct version, close the command prompt window and go to http://java.com/ and download the latest non-beta version (currently 1.6.0_01)

  1. Click "Download Now"
  2. Verify the version offered is suitable for your system, if not, click on "Download other Java software versions"
  3. Click "Begin Download"
  4. Follow the instructions to install Java

Now you should be ready to launch PCGen.

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