Manual JRE 8 Installation Instructions: Download File(s) Architecture Who Can Install
Manual JRE 8 Installation Instructions: Download File(s) Architecture Who Can Install
The following table lists the options available for downloading the JRE 8 release on the Oracle
Solaris platform.
Download File(s)
Architecture
jre-8uversion-solaris-sparcv9.tar.gz
64-bit SPARC
anyone
jre-8uversion-solaris-x64.tar.gz
anyone
You can install a JRE archive binary in any location that you can write to. It will not displace the
system version of the Java platform provided by the Oracle Solaris OS.
Follow these steps to install:
1. Download the bundle.
Before the file can be downloaded, you must accept the license agreement. The archive
binaries can be installed by anyone in any location that you can write to.
The .tar.gz archive file (also called a tarball) is a file that can be simultaneously
uncompressed and extracted in one step.
2. Change directory to the location where you want the JRE to be installed.
3. Move the .tar.gz archive binaries to the current directory.
4. Unpack the tarball and install the JRE:
o On SPARC processors:
o
o On x64/EM64T processors:
o
The JRE is installed in a directory called jre1.8.0_version in the current directory. For
example, for the JRE 8 update 1 release, the directory is named: jre1.8.0_01.
The JRE documentation is a separate download. See