Gentoo Archives: gentoo-user

From: Neil Bothwick <neil@××××××××××.uk>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2017 10:36:15
Message-Id: 20170125103601.65c69154@digimed.co.uk
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] java replacement by Bill Kenworthy
1 On Wed, 25 Jan 2017 18:27:26 +0800, Bill Kenworthy wrote:
2
3 > > I downloaded jdk-8u121-linux-x64.tar.gz a few days ago, using the URL
4 > > in the elog message. I had to agree to a licence agreement, but no
5 > > other information was requested.
6 > >
7 > >
8 >
9 > Now accepting the licence agreement mousetraps you (cant go back) to an
10 > oracle login/account creation. "Downloading these releases requires an
11 > oracle.com account. If you don't have an oracle.com account you can use
12 > the links on the top of this page to learn more about it and register
13 > for one for free." is at the top of the page the elog message links to.
14
15 Not here it doesn't. I just moved the tarball out of $DISTDIR and tried
16 again. I accepted the agreement and was able to download. The page I used
17 is
18 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
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22 Neil Bothwick
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24 Software: (n.) That which hardware manufacturers can blame for physical
25 failures.