# Installing Java DB

To install Java DB you must first download a Java DB install file from the Java DB Web site.

Navigate your Web browser to http://developers.sun.com/javadb/downloads/. Click Download. Follow the instructions on subsequent pages.

Extract the downloaded package, which contains the distribution of Java DB. This distribution contains scripts, libraries, and demonstration programs. The extracted installation contains several subdirectories:

- The bin subdirectory contains the scripts for executing utilities and setting up the environment.
- The demo subdirectory contains the demonstration programs.
- The docs subdirectory contains the Java DB documentation.
- The javadoc subdirectory contains the `api` documentation that was generated from source code comments.
- The lib subdirectory contains the Java DB .jar files.

Parent topic: Installing and configuring Derby