Deploying Oracle JAVA

As of JAVA 8 Update 73, this is the easiest way I’ve found to deploy JAVA on a corporate environment.

1. Download JAVA from here
   1. You’re going to select the Windows Offline download option
2. Take a look at the many installation options now available for the JAVA EXEcutable file, those options can be found here
3. From an elevated command line, you’re going to run the JRE executable file with the options you select from step 2
   1. Here’s just a sample command line (all in one line):
   2. jre-8u73-windows-i586.exe EULA=Disable INSTALL_SILENT=Enable AUTO_UPDATE=Disable REBOOT=Disable REMOVEOUTOFDATEJRES=1
   3. You should be able to find the meaning of each installation option by reading the document in step 2. In essence, I’m installing JAVA and accepting the EULA, a silent install with JAVA auto update disabled as well as removing any outdated installations of JAVA and finally rebooting is disabled.

Note: Here’s a great JAVA 8 deployment blog in case you need other means of installing it

 

For those using System Center Configuration Manager 2012 (SCCM 20120), one of the ways to create an application deployment would be to use ‘manual’ deployment type and use a script to install JAVA. In the script I used, I was able to use START /WAIT command to execute the JRE file.

Deploy JAVA & Disable JAVA’s AutoUpdate

The following will allow you to deploy JAVA, using an MSI, with the ability to disable JAVA’s AutoUpdate feature.

1. Download JAVA manually from here
   1. You can download 64 and 32 bit version
2. Next, run the installation file, but do not click anything else after the first screen
3. Go to C:\Users\YourUserName\AppData\LocalLow\Oracle and find the extracted MSI file
4. Copy the MSI to another location and use ORCA to modify the MSI fi le
   1. ORCA can be downloaded from here
5. Go to the Properties table and change the properties highlighted in the screenshot
6. Save the MSI and you’re now ready to deploy JAVA