jdk7 32 bit windows version to download

Question

I am just trying to download JDK 7, 32-bit version for windows 7. The system requirement for the JDK on Oracle says it supports a 32-bit version, but it is not listed on the download page. How can I download the 32-bit version?

Solution 1

Go to the download page and download the Windows x86 version with filename jdk-7-windows-i586.exe.

Solution 2

As detailed in the Oracle Java SE Support Roadmap

After April 2015, Oracle will no longer post updates of Java SE 7 to its public download sites. Existing Java SE 7 downloads already posted as of April 2015 will remain accessible in the Java Archive

Check the Java SE 7 Archive Downloads page. The last release was update 80, therefore the 32-bit filename to download is jdk-7u80-windows-i586.exe (64-bit is named jdk-7u80-windows-x64.exe.

Old Java downloads also require a sign on to an Oracle account now :-( however with some crafty cookie creating one can use wget to grab the file without signing in.

wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: gpw_e24=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.oracle.com%2F; oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-windows-i586.exe"

Comments

[Tarik]

So is that what we should install if we have windows 7 64-bit and we want a JVM 32-bit ?

[Hans Olsson]

@Tarik Well, you want the version that says Windows x86 but I'd assume you'd want JDK 8 rather than 7: oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/…

[Tarik]

yes that's right and thanks for the help:) actually it's because i want to use Jboss tools in eclipse and its not yet compatible with 64-bit JVM

[andyb]

Although this did prompt me to rewrite the answer for 2017

[Matteo Tassinari]

The archive page seems to require an oracle login to download

[andyb]

@MatteoTassinari thanks for the comment. You are correct, it seems that Oracle changed something again. I started looking into a solution but haven't found anything that works yet :-( Stupid of Oracle to demand a login to download old versions

[Arcao]

The linked webpage doesn't offer download link any more. See @andyb post for link to jdk7 archive download webpage.