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where can I get the latest JRE / JDK as a zip file, I mean, no exe installer
Does the Java JDK binary image come in a format which can be just unzipped in a certain folder (i.e. without using an installer)
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Doesn't it come with an option to extract files? Did you check command line arguments? Btw What OS? Windows or *nix? – Yasin Bahtiyar May 04 '11 at 10:23
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@PeterLawrey not true. Many times the installer simply unzips it into a directory and creates shortcuts to the start menu and/or maybe the desktop. – Pere Sep 17 '20 at 13:53
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I just downloaded jdk-7u80-windows-x64.exe and could open it on 7-Zip by right-clicking on it and selectiong "Open compressed...". I see a tools.zip in there and once you open it, you see the usual directory structure and files, which you can extract wherever you want. – Pere Sep 17 '20 at 13:56
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On Linux the self-extracting Installer doesn't do any real "installation" in the sense that it modifies the system, it simple unpacks itself to a subdirectory of the current directory (and fixes up some .jar files).
If you want to redistribute the JDK (or JRE), then you can do so, provided you follow the requirements in the README file. For this you'll build your own packages (i.e. zip the appropriate files of your local installation).
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