Install Java JDK on CentOS without prompts using an automated script!

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If you have ever installed Java Development Kit (“JDK”) on a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (“RHEL”) 5.x or CentOS 5.x operating system (“OS”), then you are aware of how manual the installation can be. Prompt after prompt to install. After a lot of research and testing, here is a completely automated script to install JDK on a CentOS or RHEL operating system.

I have written several other Java JDK articles for this site, however, with time comes experience and a little more knowledge. Here is a script that is almost completely automated.

Simply copy the script to your Linux OS, make it executable, and edit one line.

chmod +x javajdk-install.sh

Update: 8/31/2012. Sometime between the creation of this script and this moment Oracle disabled the ability to use the wget command to download JAVA. The reason, from what I have read is that the terms of license must be accepted to download JAVA. A work-a-round has been implemented. The sources are sited in the script.

Update: 4/25/2013. Added –no-check-certificate to the wget command to fix error detected while attempting to download Java JDK 6 Build 45.

wget --no-cookies --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com" $GET_JAVA

Using this work-a-round may most likely generate filename extensions beyond the original filename. The following additional code has been implemented to rename the file to the original filename.

Version 1: Rename the file

echo $JAVA_FNAME?AuthParam=* > $JAVA_FNAME.txt

if [ -f $JAVA_FNAME.txt ]
then
	longname=`cat $JAVA_FNAME.txt`
	mv $longname $JAVA_FNAME
	rm $JAVA_FNAME.txt
else
    echo "" &> /dev/null	
fi

Version 2: Rename the file

[ -f *AuthParam* ] && mv *AuthParam* $(ls *AuthParam* | cut -f1 -d"?")

Once again, here is the complete script. Use as before by changing only one variable, GET_JAVA.

#!/bin/bash
# java-install.sh
#

# Author: Paul Combs
# Website: https://it.megocollector.com
# Summary: An automated script to install Sun Java JDK on CentOS / RHEL.

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Changelog
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# 2013-0425 - FIX: Download failed. Added wget option --no-check-certificate
#             Successfully tested with Java JDK 6 Update 45

# 2012-0831 - FIX: Download failed. Added wget options --no-cookies --header
#             Successfully tested with Java JDK 6 Update 35

# 2012-0302 - Initial build. Successfully tested with Java JDK 6 Update 18

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# USER VARIABLES
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

# Change the GET_JAVA variable to the link to the appropriate version of Java JDK.
GET_JAVA=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/jdk-6u45-linux-i586-rpm.bin

# DO NOT EDIT ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING.

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# INSTALLATION / CONFIGURATION
#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------

JAVA_FNAME=${GET_JAVA##*/}
JAVA_BASE_NAME=${JAVA_FNAME%-rpm.bin}

# Determine if the environment variables have been applied.
#Source: http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-newbie-8/sed-append-text-to-end-of-line-if-line-contains-specific-text-how-can-this-be-done-684650/
grep -q "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default" /etc/profile 2> /dev/null || echo "" >> /etc/profile
grep -q "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default" /etc/profile 2> /dev/null || echo "export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/default" >> /etc/profile
grep -q "export PATH=\$JAVA_HOME/bin:\$PATH" /etc/profile 2> /dev/null || echo "export PATH=\$JAVA_HOME/bin:\$PATH" >> /etc/profile

# Determine if this file already exists.  There is no reason to download it again.
# Source: http://forum.codecall.net/bash-shell-scripting/17864-linux-bash-check-if-file-exists.html
if [ -f $JAVA_FNAME ]
then
    echo "" &> /dev/null
else
#   wget $GET_JAVA
	wget --no-check-certificate --no-cookies --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com" $GET_JAVA
# 	Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10268583/cant-install-java-jdk-on-linux-through-wget-is-there-a-workaround
fi

# Rename the file: Simpler approach, using my Version 2 method above.
[ -f *AuthParam* ] && mv *AuthParam* $(ls *AuthParam* | cut -f1 -d"?")

echo "$JAVA_FNAME download complete."
chmod 755 $JAVA_FNAME

# Accept the prompts, automatically.
# Source: http://www.unix.com/shell-programming-scripting/116174-how-install-jdk-bin-using-shell-script-auto-yes-no.html
echo "Patching $JAVA_FNAME."
sed -i 's/agreed=/agreed=1/g' $JAVA_FNAME
sed -i 's/more <<"EOF"/cat <<"EOF"/g' $JAVA_FNAME
echo q | ./$JAVA_FNAME
rpm -Uvh $JAVA_BASE_NAME.rpm 2> /dev/null

# Cleanup
echo "Removing installation files."
rm -f $JAVA_BASE_NAME.rpm $JAVA_FNAME sun-javadb-*.rpm
echo "Done."
java -version

This script can be reused to perform updates to Java. Only by changing the one line for the variable GET_JAVA.

Source(s)
All references are in the script.

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