JDK

[Ryan Schmidt]

On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:47 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
> On Mar 31, 2016, at 11:26 AM, Ryan Schmidt wrote:
>> On Mar 31, 2016, at 10:00 AM, Abdulrahman Alshammari wrote:
>> 
>>> Someone told me that I can download JDk from macports. However, I could not find the any port belong to this. What I need is to update my JDK version without going to Oracle website. 
>> 
>> I'm not aware of a port that provides the JDK. Why don't you want to download it from Oracle?
> 
> Because I want to make it as a dependency for other software. Is there any way. I remember your suggestion about jdk checker, but it will be better if I can download it. 

Hmm. We have a port for oracle-instantclient, but we are not able to download its distfiles automatically due to restrictions imposed by the Oracle web site; they require agreeing to a license agreement first. So installing that port is somewhat inconvenient for users. I don't know if the JDK has similar restrictions. In any case, the JDK probably needs to install into system locations, so it would not be suitable for installing via a port. I think we just expect the user to install the JDK manually. The JDK used to be part of OS X, so it was a non-issue, and we haven't really developed a better strategy now that JDK is separate.