Did we always have to register to download the Java 5 JDK, or is this new Oracle fun?

java download jdk1.5

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Solution 1

Java 5 has passed its sell-by date on October 30, 2009. That means that support is only available as paid business support, which of course requires registration.

You shouldn't really be using Java 5 anymore, unless you're committed to some large, complex installation, in which case you should seriously consider that paid business support - I guess the automatic registration page is intended to drive home that point.

Edit: You can still download Java 5 without registering via the technology archive. (Not any more, it also requires login now.)

Solution 2

Go here. Click "Download" (left). Then click Skip this Step (it's tiny on the bottom of the new widget that appears when you click "Download").

EDIT: For JDK 5, go here, click "Download" and then just click Continue to Download without entering anything in those fields.

Solution 3

There's a link that says: "Skip this Step"

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Ukko

Remembers when they let the AOL crowd onto USENET. His awesome wife also let him buy a Symbolics LispM and use a Sun 3/470MP as the T.V. stand in the living room in grad school. The light purple never did match the decor.

Updated on July 05, 2022

Comments

Ukko almost 2 years
I could swear that just a couple of months ago I downloaded a copy of the Java 1.5 SE JDK and I did not have to give them information on my first born. Today, I had to go through the register-and-we-will-send-you-a-link-someday dance. I have not received the link yet, so I thought I would ask about it here.
- What is special about the Java 5 JDK? I can get Java 6 just by clicking, is this a stick to get us to migrate to Java 6?
- Am I just not remembering doing this before?
- What marketing genius thought this would be a value add for Java? "If we make them sweat for the JDK they won't just delete it willy-nilly the next time?"
- Does everyone picture the people designing systems like this as mustache twirling Snidely Whiplash clones like I do?
- Did I just miss the link for the Secret Squirrel route to the download page?
Finally, I am in the U.S. so I should not have to worry about export restrictions.

Any thoughts?

P.S. Did I mention I am trying to get the Java 5 JDK ;-)
- ADTC over 8 years
  
  Oracle tries to hide older versions from regular users so they are always getting the latest Java (for good reasons, of course). As for power users and developers, we are smart enough to dig it out (as you can see below). You can get pretty much any Java version, even 1.1, if you just look hard enough.
Ukko almost 14 years

That is for Java 6, I am having trouble getting Java 5 or 1.5.
Ukko almost 14 years

I only saw that link for Java 6, where is it on the Java 5 download page? I would love to get it back up and running.
Ukko almost 14 years

It looks like you can get the version with J2EE and the version with Netbeans to work that way but the vanilla JDK takes me to a page titled "Java SE Registration Download (JDK 5.0 Update 22)". What am I missing?
nc3b almost 14 years

I see now. It does ask for registration. It says The Java SE release that you requested has already announced its End of Service Life (EOSL) which means @Michael Borgwardt is probably right.
Ukko almost 14 years

I don't think just downloading the JDK really counts as support, I am not asking for anything from them. As for using Java 6, I would be happy to, but even smaller projects will die under constant version churn. As it is I am working on a patch, what you are suggesting is kind of extreme for what will be a little jar file swap in the end.
Ukko almost 14 years

The funny thing is I set up a VM with it in the last 6 weeks, so if that is the case then they only just changed it after EOLing it last year.
Michael Borgwardt almost 14 years

@Ukko: Java 5 is six years old, that's hardly "constant version churn". But it's still available for free, see edited answer.
Ukko almost 14 years

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! for the technology archive link, that worked. As for version churn, Java 5 has had 22 releases since then, one every 3 months or so, the other components are also constantly changing. It adds up, in most cases it doesn't matter but in some it does. (Honestly, the JDK is not one that I worry about myself but it gets thrown in with the other libraries in teh pot.)
aclark almost 11 years

As far as I can tell, the technology archive now requires a login too.
leonbloy almost 11 years

Not anymore. Perhaps soon we won't be able to skip the "recommended" Ask toolbar installation, either...
T.J. Crowder over 10 years

@aclark: I will point out though that as of this writing, if you sign up for a new account, it lets you proceed with the download even without clicking the "verification" link. So you could sign up with dummy information. I'm not advocating it, just mentioning. :-)
Mukus almost 10 years

It is year 2014 now and there are still a lot of applications using Java 5 and 6 because they simply work.
Michael Borgwardt almost 10 years

@Mukus: and the vast majority of them will also simply work on Java 8.
Lauw about 9 years

Changing url from download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/6u45-b06/… to download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u45-b06/… seemed to enable my download for java 6 sdk without registering. (/otn/ to /otn-pub/)
Zitrax over 8 years

The information by @Lauw still works - to find the link in first place check the html source of the page and then do the replacement.
Wladimir Schmidt about 7 years

@Lauw is right about the download. It works, but first you have to accept Oracle's license agreement (cookies should be saved).