Is Oracle JDK link broken for Linux? [closed] - linux

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I was running a tutorial on YouTube for installing Oracle JDK on Linux. My script seems to have worked but I can no longer run
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u3-b04/jdk-7u3-linux-i586.tar.gz
What new methodology or script can I use to install Oracle JSK on Linux?

Answer 1

Yes, the Oracle JDK link is broken, you have to click through the website and accept the terms.
Second link on Google, the first being this question (Wow, Googlebot is fast) is an Oracle discussion thread:
Hi,
Unfortunately we have to require license acceptance prior to download.
This can be implemented in one of two ways. Either we require
registration and log in prior to download, and as part of registering
you agree to reading and complying with licenses. Or we use a
click-through on download which avoids the need to register and log
in. We have chosen the latter for Java downloads as the least
intrusive method. We found out some time ago that scripts were being
used to circumvent click-through (in violation of site policies, and
frankly also of common sense) and have plugged this hole.
We understand that this makes command line updates from our main
website for Linux users impossible and are actively looking for other
ways to enable this use case.
Oracle JDK is based on OpenJDK (with a few added components like a
closed-source font rasterizer that we license from a third party) and
the latter is available as part of most Linux distributions, so it is
a good option unless you specifically need the Oracle certified
binaries.
Regards,
Henrik Ståhl Sr. Director, Product Management Java Platform Group
Oracle

Answer 2

The reason it doesn't work is pretty obvious if you look at what you get back:
In order to download products from Oracle Technology Network you must
agree to the OTN license terms.
Be sure that...
- Your browser has "cookies" and JavaScript enabled.
- You clicked on "Accept License" for the product you wish to download.
- You attempt the download within 30 minutes of accepting the license.
When you do it from a browser you have to select the radiobutton "Accept License Agreement" and that's when the cookie is set. You should be able to download it using links or lynx.

Answer 3

After agreeing and downloading the JDK, run this script:
#!/bin/bash
#Author: Yucca Nel http://thejarbar.org
#Will restart system
#Modify these variables as needed...
tempWork=/tmp/work
locBin=/usr/local/bin
javaUsrLib=/usr/lib/jvm
downloadDir=~/Downloads
sudo mkdir -p $javaUsrLib
mkdir -p $tempWork
cd $tempWork
#Extract the download
tar -zxvf $downloadDir/*linux*
#Move it to where it can be found...
sudo mv -f $tempWork/jdk* $javaUsrLib/
sudo ln -f -s $javaUsrLib/jdk1/bin/* /usr/bin/
#Update this line to reflect versions of JDK...
export JAVA_HOME="$javaUsrLib/jdk1.7.0_03"
#Extract the download
tar -zxvf $tempWork/*
#Move it to where it can be found...
sudo mv -f $tempWork/jdk1* $javaUsrLib/
sudo ln -f -s $javaUsrLib/jdk1*/bin/* /usr/bin/
sudo rm -rf $tempWork
#Update this line to reflect newer versions of JDK...
export JAVA_HOME="$javaUsrLib/jdk1.7.0_02"
if ! grep "JAVA_HOME=$javaUsrLib/jdk1.7.0_02" /etc/environment
then
echo "JAVA_HOME=$javaUsrLib/jdk1.7.0_02"| sudo tee -a /etc/environment
fi
exit 0