3 Installation of JDK and JRE on Oracle Solaris

Instructions for installing either the JDK or JRE contain a minor.security.patch notation that represents the update version number.

You can install JDK 9 on an Oracle Solaris platform from archive binaries (.tar.gz) and Image Packaging System (IPS), which is the Solaris Update Repository.

1. Download the bundle.

   Ensure that you accept the license agreement before downloading the file. The archive binaries can be installed by anyone in any ___location that you can write to.

   You can simultaneously uncompress and extract the .tar.gz archive file (also called a tarball) in one step.

2. Change the directory to the ___location where you want the JDK to be installed.
3. Move the .tar.gz archive binaries to the current directory.
4. Unpack the tarball and install the JDK on SPARC processor: % gzip -dc jdk-9.minor.security.patch_solaris-sparcv9_bin.tar.gz | tar xf -

   The JDK is installed in a directory called jdk–9.minor.security.patch in the current directory. For example, the directory for the JDK 9 Minor 1, Security 0, and Patch 0 is named: jdk-9.1.

   The JDK documentation is a separate download. See Java SE Downloads.

You can install JDK 9 on Oracle Solaris by using an IPS package.

1. Ensure that the jdk-9 package is available from your IPS publisher.
   For example:

   $ pkg list -a jdk-9

   Name (Publisher)	Version	IFO
   developer/java/jdk-9	9.1.8.0.0-0.183.0.0.0.0.0	i---

   • Name: the name of the package. If the publisher from which the package is installed (or available) is not the first in the publisher search order, then the publisher name is listed in parentheses after the package name.

   • Version: the release and branch versions of the package.

   • IFO:

     the set of flags that display the status of the package:

     • i in the I column implies that the package is installed.

     • f in the F column implies that the package is frozen.

     • o in the O column implies that the package is obsolete.

     • r in the O column implies that the package has been renamed.

   This package is available from the Oracle Solaris publisher at pkg.oracle.com and also from other publisher origins. If you see a message that no such package is found, then use the pkg publisher command to check your publisher origin and contact your system administrator or Oracle Support representative.

2. Ensure that you have permission to install IPS packages:

   • Use the profiles command to list the rights profiles that are assigned to you. If you have the Software Installation rights profile, then you can use the pfexec command to install and update packages.

     $ pfexec pkg install jdk-9
     

     Other rights profiles also provide installation privileges, such as the System Administrator rights profile.

   • Depending on the security policy at your site, you might be able to use the sudo command with your user password to execute a privileged command:

     $ sudo pkg install jdk-9
     

   • Use the roles command to list the roles that are assigned to you. If you have the root role, you can use the su command with the root password to assume the root role:

     # pkg install jdk-9
     

     Note:

     The JDK 9 installation from the SVR4 package (through the pkgadd command) is not supported. Install JDK 9 using the IPS package.

You can install a JRE 9 archive binary in any ___location that you can write to. The installation does not displace the system version of the Java platform provided by the Oracle Solaris OS.

1. Download the bundle.

   • Download File: jre-9.minor.security.patch_solaris-sparcv9_bin.tar.gz

   • Architecture: 64-bit SPARC

   • Who Can Install: Anyone

   Ensure that you accept the license agreement before downloading the file. The archive binaries can be installed by anyone in any ___location that you can write to.

   You can simultaneously uncompress and extract the .tar.gz archive file (also called a tarball) in one step.

2. Change the 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 on SPARC processor: % gzip -dc jre-9.minor.security.patch_solaris-sparcv9_bin.tar.gz | tar xf -

   The JRE is installed in a directory called jre-9.minor.security.patch in the current directory. For example, the directory for the JRE 9 Minor 1, Security 0, and Patch 0 is named jre-9.1.

You can install JRE 9 on Oracle Solaris by using an IPS package.

1. Ensure that the jre-9 package is available from your IPS publisher.
   For example:

   $ pkg list -a jre-9

   Name (Publisher)	Version	IFO
   developer/java/jre-9	9.1.8.0.0-0.183.0.0.0.0.0	i---

   If you see an i in the I column, then the package is already installed.

   This package is available from the Oracle Solaris publisher at pkg.oracle.com and also from other publisher origins. If you see a message that no such package is found, then use the pkg publisher command to check your publisher origin, and contact your system administrator or Oracle Support representative.

2. Ensure that you have permission to install IPS packages.

   • Use the profiles command to list the rights profiles that are assigned to you. If you have the Software Installation rights profile, then use the pfexec command to install and update packages:

     $ pfexec pkg install jre-9
     

     Other rights profiles also provide installation privileges, such as the System Administrator rights profile.

   • While installing the updates, you need to accept the user license using the following command:

     $ pfexec pkg install jre-9 --accept
     

   • Depending on the security policy at your site, use the sudo command with your user password to execute a privileged command:

     $ sudo pkg install jre-9
     

   • Use the roles command to list the roles that are assigned to you. If you have the root role, then use the su command with the root password to assume the root role:

     # pkg install jre-9
     

   Note:

   The JDK 9 installation from SVR4 package (through the pkgadd command) is not supported. Install JDK 9 using the IPS package.

If there are multiple versions of Java installed on the same image, then you can specify the default or preferred Java version using Mediator. A mediator contains a set of links to different implementations of an application, where every link has the same mediator name and link path, but different target link paths.

/usr/bin/pkg mediator | grep java

usr/bin/pkg set-mediator -V 9 java