The Linux Problem
I have nothing against Linux, but…
When you want software from Oracle and you have a windows machine, you just browse to the oracle website, hit the download, boom you have your software.
But from Linux?
I have tried different methods over the years, including download to windows, FTP to the linux box, and even spin up a desktop in Linux (to get a browser), but I never really found a reliable direct download method.
The OTN Solution
Here’s how I do it now.
=> Navigate on a windows machine to the oracle website and search for the download of the software you want.
=> Click on the download link, and it will ask you to agree to the licence
=> Right click the download button and copy the URL
Actually, I paused the download and copied the URL from there – the copy method shown above didnt work.
=> Using text editor construct a wget command
wget --http-user=adrianxxx.com --ask-password --no-cookies --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "https://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/11.0.9+7/eec35ebefb3f4133bd045b891f05db94/jdk-11.0.9_linux-x64_bin.rpm?AuthParam=1606238766_b4faa4ca4a4068541b2204c73144aba6"
=> Copy this command into the linux machine
It was super fast for me. 36 seconds, and large enough too. Now a quick checksum to ensure its safe.
Adrian Out.