Get Oracle Java 1.8 in windows without installing it

Question

Is it possible to get Java in zip format? I don\'t want to install it by getting .exe file.

Is there any zip version of Java 1.8 so that I can download it and extract i

Answer 1

I had a spare virtual machine hanging around (if not you could build one or maybe even download one) so I:

• installed the Oracle JDK in the guest
• copied the jdk folder from the guest to the host
• added a JAVA_HOME environment variable.

The operating systems obviously have to be close (not sure how close, I used Windows Server 2008 64 bit guest on a Windows 10 64 bit host and it seemed to work).

Was a quick fix for me as I didn't want a full install and wanted to remove it afterwards.