We want to update the JDK environment on multiple machines, all running windows but different versions (either XP or 7)
For that purpose, I'm now creating a script which will automatically run the correct installer (32/64 bit). I tried running the installer with the following command:
jdk-8u25-windows-x64.exe /s ADDLOCAL="ToolsFeature,SourceFeature,PublicjreFeature"
This works fine on a machine with no JDK/JRE 8 installed. However, I am running into a few issues:
I have looked at these sources:
but they seem lacking and very confusing as to what will give me the wanted result.
I would tackle JDK and JRE separately:
The JDK does not depend on registry entries or whatever else the installer exe does. So install the JDK - without Public JRE - on just one machine using
jdk-8u25-windows-x64.exe /s ADDLOCAL="ToolsFeature,SourceFeature"
Then you can simply zip up the resulting installation, copy and unzip it to other machines of the same OS type.
The JRE installer (separate download from Oracle) can be run with options and config file as documented here : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/windows_installer_options.html
Assuming the config is in the same directory as the installer exe, the option INSTALLCFG="%cd%\jre-install-options.cfg"
can be used. Otherwise, a full path is required to the config file (INSTALLCFG="c:\path\to\jre-install-options.cfg"). So, something like this (with log file and assuming the config file is in the same directory of the exe):
jre-8-windows-i586.exe INSTALLCFG="%cd%\jre-install-options.cfg" /s /L C:\TMP\jre-install.log
It seems that the following jre-install-options.txt might work for you:
INSTALL_SILENT=Enable
REBOOT=Disable
STATIC=Enable
The config file options are listed here: http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/config.html
The meaning of the last line is explained here : http://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/windows_installer_options.html#static_installation