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System Requirements And Prerequisites For Java

The system requirements information on this article signifies a subset to give overview of supported browsers and operating systems.
 
Java version(s): 7.0, 8.0

Java 8 System Requirements

Full information on system requirements for Java 8 are available at Java 8 Supported System Configurations.
 
Windows
  • Windows 10 (8u51 and above)
  • Windows 8.x (Desktop)
  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 (64-bit)
  • RAM: 128 MB
  • Disk space: 124 MB for JRE; 2 MB for Java Update
  • Processor: Minimum Pentium 2 266 MHz processor
  • Browsers: Internet Explorer 9 and above, Firefox
Mac OS X
  • Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.8.3+, 10.9+
  • Administrator privileges for installation
  • 64-bit browser
    A 64-bit browser (for example Safari, Firefox) is necessitated to run Oracle Java on Mac OS X.
Linux
  • Oracle Linux 5.5+1
  • Oracle Linux 6.x (32-bit), 6.x (64-bit)2
  • Oracle Linux 7.x (64-bit)2 (8u20 and above)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5+1, 6.x (32-bit), 6.x (64-bit)2
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit)2 (8u20 and above)
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2+, 11.x
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.x (64-bit)2 (8u31 and above)
  • Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, 13.x
  • Ubuntu Linux 14.x (8u25 and above)
  • Ubuntu Linux 15.04 (8u45 and above)
  • Ubuntu Linux 15.10 (8u65 and above)
  • Browsers: Firefox
 
Java 7 System Requirements

Full information on Java 7 system requirements are available at Java 7 Supported System Configurations.
 
Windows
  • Windows 10 (7u85 and above)
  • Windows 8.x (Desktop)
  • Windows 7 SP1
  • Windows Vista SP2
  • Windows Server 2008 SP2 and 2008 R2 SP1 (64-bit)
  • Windows Server 2012 (64-bit) and 2012 R2 (64-bit)
  • RAM: 128 MB; 64 MB for Windows XP (32-bit)
  • Disk space: 124 MB
  • Browsers: Internet Explorer 7.0 and above, Firefox 3.6 and above
Mac OS X
  • Intel-based Mac running Mac OS X 10.7.3 (Lion) or later.
  • Administrator privileges for installation
  • 64-bit browser
    A 64-bit browser (Safari, Firefox for example) is required to run Oracle Java on Mac OS X.
Linux
  • Oracle Linux 5.5+
  • Oracle Linux 6.x (32-bit), 6.x (64-bit)3
  • Oracle Linux 7.x (64-bit)3 (7u67 and above)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.5+, 6.x (32-bit), 6.x (64-bit)3
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.x (64-bit)3 (7u67 and above)
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2, 11.x
  • Suse Linux Enterprise Server 12.x (7u75 and above)
  • Ubuntu Linux 10.04 and above
  • Browsers: Firefox 3.6 and above
 
Note: since of April 8, 2014 Microsoft stopped supporting Windows XP and thus it is no longer an officially supported platform. clients may still continue to use Java 7 updates on Windows XP at their own risk, other than support will only be provided against Microsoft Windows releases Windows Vista or later.
 
Summary

Thus, we learnt Java version 7.0, 8.0 System requirements for Java.