Download and unpack the installer

  1. Download the software from support.

  2. Unpack the tar file with the following command:

    tar xvf <filename>.tar

Note:  

  • If your UNIX system has an X11 windowing environment the installer installs the JRE and runs in a graphical user interface (GUI) mode. No pre-installed JRE is required.

  • If your UNIX system is a VT100/dumb terminal system you can specify -console when you initiate the installer so that the launcher runs in character user interface (CUI) mode. This CUI mode is completely analogous to the GUI mode. For details, see Use console mode‌‌.

  • To unpack a Solaris tar file, use gtar.