2014-08-20

Install JDK 8 manually on Windows

To install the JDK manually on a windows system:

  • Download the JDK Executable from Oracle
  • Extract the content of the installer exe to an empty folder (e.g. c:\jdk8)
  • Extract the extracted tools.zip into the same folder
  • Delete the tools.zip after successfull extraction 
  • Open a command line and change into the folder (cd c:\jdk8)
  • In the extraction directory execute (one line):
    for /r %x in (*.pack) do .\bin\unpack200 -r "%x" "%~dx%~px%~nx.jar"
  • Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable if required