javinla

Javinla is a command-line tool to make an Java installation on your server very easy. You don't need to set ppa repositories (ubuntu/debian) or use aur packages (archlinux) and get latest java version. Just select the Java version you want to install and that's all.

Why Use This?

The main goal is space-saving if you build docker images with Java. When I used PPA java repositories my docker images became over 600 MB with unnecessary data like fonts, x11 libs etc. Java Server JRE 7 is "only" 154 MB and I want keep my docker images as small as possible.

Installation

1. Download the javinla script from latest release.
2. Place it somewhere on your PATH (make sure it is executable).
3. That's it.

Usage

Once you're installed then you can used javinla install <java-version> to install selected JRE on you machine, e.g:

$ javinla install 8u92
... this will install selected 8u92 version under /opt/java...

To list all available Java versions to install, use javinla list command:

$ javinla list
VERSION NUMBER      URL
...
8u77                http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/8u77-b03/server-jre-8u77-linux-x64.tar.gz
8u91                http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u91-b14/server-jre-8u91-linux-x64.tar.gz
8u92                http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u92-b14/server-jre-8u92-linux-x64.tar.gz
...

Contributing

1. Fork it
2. Create your feature branch (git checkout -b my-new-feature)
3. Commit your changes (git commit -am 'Add some feature')
4. Push to the branch (git push origin my-new-feature)
5. Create new pull request

License

See the LICENSE file for license rights and limitations (MIT).