How can I get JAVA 9 JRE / JDK as a zip file rather than EXE or MSI installer?

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Just wondering if anyone has got an answer to this? If Oracle's plan for the future is to stop publishing relocatable packages of the JRE, then for sure many of us will get into big trouble with our apps that use an embedded JRE. — peterh, Apr 24 '17 at 09:40

score 11 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 25 '15 at 13:54

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Look at https://jdk9.java.net/ carefully there's "JDK 9 Early Access with Project Jigsaw" that is actually zip download.

answered Oct 25 '15 at 13:54

Paul Verest

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This link is no more available. Please use http://jdk.java.net/java-se-ri/9 link to download jdk9 zip file – B. S. Rawat Sep 11 '17 at 15:05

score 6 · Answer 2 · answered Sep 11 '17 at 15:07

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answered Sep 11 '17 at 15:07

B. S. Rawat

score 3 · Answer 3 · answered Nov 13 '15 at 09:52

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As mentionend you can download the jigsaw distribution or you can follow the instructions from here to build your own distribution.

answered Nov 13 '15 at 09:52

ftr

score 2 · Answer 4 · answered Oct 03 '17 at 13:14

Create working JDK directory (C:\JDK in this case)
[Download][1] latest version of JDK from Oracle (for example jdk-7u7-windows-x64.exe)
[Download][2] and install 7-Zip (or download [7-Zip portable][3] version if you are not administrator)
With 7-Zip extract all the files from jdk-XuXX-windows-x64.exe into the directory C:\JDK
Execute the following commands in cmd.exe:
- cd C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10
- extrac32 111
Unpack C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\tools.zip with 7-zip
Execute the following commands in cmd.exe:
- cd C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\tools\
- for /r %x in (*.pack) do .\bin\unpack200 -r "%x" "%~dx%~px%~nx.jar" (this will convert all .pack files into .jar files)
Copy all contents of C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\tools where you want your JDK to be
Setup JAVA_HOME and PATH manually to point to your JDK dir and its BIN subdirectory.

Though my experience was a bit different, tools.zip can be in a different place depending on JDK version.

score 1 · Answer 5 · answered May 02 '17 at 09:31

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You can download JDK 9 Early-Access Builds from jdk.java.net, All other locations (jdk9-builds, jdk9.java.net) are not accessible/migrated.

answered May 02 '17 at 09:31

Chandra Sekhar

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