How to extract ONLY the contents of the JDK installer

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How to extract ONLY the contents of the JDK installer

I just downloaded the Java SDK/JDK versions 5 and 6, and I just need the development tools (and some libraries) contained in the installation packages, I don't need to perform an installation and that's why I was only looking for a zip package at first (for Windows there is only an exe installation file), I only need to extract the contents of the installation packages, I think this can be done from the command line but so far I haven't found how to do this (I already considered WinRar and 7-Zip, but I really want to find how to do it without using these tools)

Have you done this before and how?

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I use 7-zip to do that...it seems to handle that installer/self-extracting executables nicely...

Hope this helps, Best regards, Tom.

tommieb75 2010-02-04 23:12:48

@Abel: You just open the installer with 7-Zip - I've done this before.

Software Monkey 2010-02-05 06:48:17

Thanks, I tried this one, and worked great for JDK 6, but for JDK 5 I get files that are useless and that I'm sure that need to be handled in some way by the installer in order to be converted to something useful.

Abel Morelos 2010-02-05 16:28:30

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Maybe you can try Universal Extractor. The site looks legit, but I havent tried it myself.

Thimmayya 2010-02-05 01:01:56

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You can do the installation once and then zip up the installed stuff placed under \Programs\Java.

This can be unzipped elsewhere later and used as a JDK in most IDE's without needing a full reinstall (but then Windows does not know about it)

Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen 2010-02-05 07:46:11

Thanks, this is what I have decided to do =)

Abel Morelos 2010-02-05 16:25:13

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