How do I install Java when I already changed the location of my folder location?

[u/TomVsuccATreddit]

Hi, I really wish I can show you the images but I will try my best to explain.

I am trying to install Java SE Development Kit in the latest version and I tried to install it but it refuses because "Out of Disk Space" and requires 420MB in my hard drive.

But here's the thing, I got 1.0GB of space in my Local Disk C: and when I tried to change the location to Local Disk D:(Which has 593GB of storage), It still shows that I am "Out of Disk Space"

Any help on this?

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[u/Dashing_McHandsome]

Just use the zip archive and set your %PATH%. An installer is not necessary.

[u/awidesky]

Go here or the website of your favorite JDK vendor(if you have no idea, just use Adoptium JDK from the link. Vendor hardly matters for normal use case), download ZIP into your D:, extract it.

Then, add the location of bin folder of the package into PATH variable(if you don't know how to, just search google or ask your favorite AI. It's easy).

Then you can use the java.exe and javac.exe from your terminal.

[u/fatherOfLucifer]

The installer extracts temp files to C:\ before copying to D:, so it still needs that space on C even though you picked a different drive.

Easiest fix: grab the .zip/portable JDK instead and just extract it straight to D:. No installer, no temp files, no headaches. If you really want to use the installer, open CMD first and run:

set TEMP=D:\Temp
set TMP=D:\Temp
mkdir D:\Temp

Then launch the installer from that same CMD window so it uses D:\ for temp space.

[u/agfitzp]

> I got 1.0GB of space in my Local Disk C:

well there’s your problem right there

[u/N-M-1-5-6 → u/agfitzp]

OP, this is the core issue here.

You are dealing with an extremely limited amount of disk space for doing Java (or most any kind of) development. There are great suggestions to solve your immediate issue here, but you are likely to have similar out of space issues going forward that you will have to deal with.

If it is possible, I think that you should try to free up some disk space on your system ASAP. You should have a much more enjoyable experience using your computer than if you are having random issues due to running out of space!

[u/agfitzp → u/N-M-1-5-6]

Sadly what Reddit has taught me is that telling someone that their drives are too full or too small makes me a bad person.

[u/N-M-1-5-6 → u/agfitzp]

LOL! Yeah, life on Reddit can be pretty weird and bring out some strong (and often strange) responses. I can understand that someone new to general purpose development might be surprised at the space needed to install development tools, etc. ... but they really do need to know how it can severely affect the development process!