How to install OpenJDK 11 on Windows?

Question

In the past, Oracle used to publish an executable installers for Windows that would:

• Unpack files
• Add registry keys indicating the installed version a

Answer 1

Use the Chocolatey packet manager. It's a command-line tool similar to npm. Once you have installed it, use

choco install openjdk

in an elevated command prompt to install OpenJDK.

To update an installed version to the latest version, type

choco upgrade openjdk

Pretty simple to use and especially helpful to upgrade to the latest version. No manual fiddling with path environment variables.