A couple of scripts for unattended install of Oracle JDK 8 on Ubuntu and OS X

install_jdk_osx.sh

#!/bin/bash

echocol() { echo -e "\033[32m*** $@...\033[0m"; }

echocol "Attempting to download the JDK installer disk image"
attempts=5
while ! curl -H "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" -C - -#LO http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/8u144-b01/090f390dda5b47b9b721c7dfaa008135/jdk-8u144-macosx-x64.dmg; do
	if [[ $attempts == 0 ]]; then break; fi
	echo "[restarting an interruped download]"
	sleep 1;
	attempts=$(( $attempts - 1 ))
done

echocol "Verifying the JDK installer disk image"
if ! hdiutil verify jdk-8u101-macosx-x64.dmg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
	echo "The downloaded image is corrupted!"
	exit 1
fi

echocol "Attaching the JDK installer disk image"
if ! hdiutil attach jdk-8u101-macosx-x64.dmg >/dev/null 2>&1; then
	echo "Failed to attach the image"
	exit 1
fi

echocol "Installing the JDK package (please type your password first)"
sudo installer -pkg /Volumes/JDK\ 8\ Update\ 101/JDK\ 8\ Update\ 101.pkg -target /

echocol "Ejecting the JDK installer volume"
hdiutil eject /Volumes/JDK\ 8\ Update\ 101/ 2>&1

echo "If you want to remove the JDK installer disk image type 'rm jdk-8u101-macosx-x64.dmg'..."

install_jdk_ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/bash

echocol() { echo -e "\033[32m*** $@...\033[0m"; }

echocol "Updating the package list"

sudo apt-get update -q

echocol "Adding and configuring the JDK repository"

export DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive
sudo apt-get install -q -y software-properties-common </dev/null 
sudo  bash -c 'echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | debconf-set-selections'
sudo  bash -c 'echo debconf shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 seen true | debconf-set-selections'
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

echocol "Updating the package list after adding the JDK repo"

sudo apt-get update -q

echocol "Installing the JDK"

sudo apt-get install -q -y oracle-java8-installer

You can use this scripts as:

• curl -sL http://git.io/vCY53 | bash on OS X, and
• curl -sL http://git.io/vCY58 | bash on Ubuntu.