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

Question

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

https://jdk9.java.net/download/

Answer 1

From here: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6571736/8714033

• 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.

Answer 2

You can download JDK 9 zip file from Java Platform, Standard Edition 9 Reference Implementations

Answer 3

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

Answer 4

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

Answer 5

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