# Adding Processing's core.jar to VS Code

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**Created:** [May 5, 2026, 3:34am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/adding-processings-core-jar-to-vs-code/48500 "2026-05-05T03:34:13Z")\
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> [@techsupport2544](#):
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> is it possible to do without gradle?

Yes.

This was what I did initially:

 ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/uploads/processingfoundation1/original/3X/f/5/f56b7c2fd8a04040fee22a885d23aa8b84e2bb87.png)

I had a couple Java versions so had to tell it which one to use.

A couple ways:

- Copy the required JAR files to a `lib` folder. I did that in my example.
- Link to them directly:  
[Managing Java Projects in VS Code](https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/java/java-project) Not tested!

You can search for the JAR files to find the correct path.

I may not be using the recommended directory structure since I was just testing.

`:)`

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