Is there a way to update the JDK without manually downloading the new version?

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Ben S picture Ben S · Dec 2, 2009 · Viewed 39.3k times · Source

I just got an Java update notification that Update 17 is out, so I ran the update and found that only my public JRE was updated. I still only have Update 16 of the JDK.

Is there a way to have the latest JDK automatically when it's available?

Of course, the update shouldn't get rid of old versions. That should be done manually since Eclipse is still using the old version. Once I've updated my settings I would delete the old JDK manually.

Answer

bmargulies picture bmargulies · Dec 2, 2009

Not on Windows. If you are getting your JDK via a linux distro with an auto-updater, you could depend on that. Somehow I doubt that is what you have in mind. I do not believe that there is any Sun-supplied auto-download for the JDK.

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