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Julien Castelain
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hi

this may be silly, but do we have to install the jre if we install the jdk ?
Ken Blair
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No, the JDK has a JRE. However, installing the JRE separately might be desirable if you want to keep the two separated or if you want it to configure things like executable JAR files for you.
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Thanks for your reply Ken, i got it
 
I agree. Here's the link: http://zeroturnaround.com/jrebel - it saves me about five hours per week
 
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