Friday 27 December 2013

Java Runtime Enviroment (JRE) unattended\silent install using the .msi for SCCM


1. Download and launch the Oracle Java Runtime Environment Windows Offline Installation executable (.exe) file. 


2. Navigate to LocalAppData folder (the user's Application Data folder). The location of the LocalAppData folder differs for each Windows platform.
  • Windows 7 - C:\Users\</user>\AppData\LocalLow\Sun\Java\jre*\jre*.msi 
  • Windows XP - C:\Documents and Settings\</user>\Local Settings\ApplicationData\Sun\Java\ jre*\jre*.msi</user> 


3. Use the silent install command line:

msiexec.exe /i "jre*.msi" /qn /norestart to silently install the application