There is a /s option in JRE installer (see here), so basically you can. However, you will have to somehow download JRE to client's workstation. I suggest using wget for this.

However, you can also use java-to-exe wrappers - JSmooth for example can automagically download JRE for you if it is not installed.

In order to install java silently you can simply make a batch file(.bat) with the following command

javaSetup.exe /s ADDLOCAL="ToolsFeature,SourceFeature,PublicjreFeature" INSTALLDIR=C:\Java\x86\ javaVersion /INSTALLDIRPUBJRE=C:\Java\x86\ jreVersion

A proper example for above skeleton will be

Here JDK 1.8.60 (x86) with source code is going to C:\Java\x86\jdk1.8.0_60 and JRE to C:\Java\x86\jre1.8.0_60:

jdk-8u60-windows-i586.exe /s ADDLOCAL="ToolsFeature,SourceFeature,PublicjreFeature" INSTALLDIR=C:\Java\x86\jdk1.8.0_60 /INSTALLDIRPUBJRE=C:\Java\x86\jre1.8.0_60

Just make sure you keep the batch file in the same directory as your setup file

Latest versions of (desktop) Windows (i.e. current versions of Windows 11) come with Microsoft's package manager Windows Package Manager pre-installed which includes the winget command line tool. If your version of Windows does not have winget pre-installed, you can install the Windows Package Manager from the Microsoft Store as part of the App Installer package. Installation packages are also available on the project page on GitHub.

Windows Package Manager supports Windows 10 1809 and up, i.e. all Windows client versions of the last 5 years (but not Windows Server).

Windows Package Manager uses so-called repositories to find the packages to install. The two repositories which are configured by default are the msstore repository (which lets you install any package from the Microsoft Store) and the winget repository (a community-curated repository of packages which are not available in the Microsoft Store). You can also add third-party repositories but like with any package manager, it is your responsibility to correctly asses how much trust you want to place into the curator(s) of those repositories.

Packages for Oracle Java SE JDK are available in the winget repository and can be installed like this:

winget install --exact --id Oracle.JDK.19

Currently, the winget repository contains no fewer than 65 different JDK packages for any of your Java development needs.

Steps to fix this error in windows 10/8/7

1.Check your javac path on Windows using Windows Explorer C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin and copy the address.

2.Go to Control Panel. Environment Variables and Insert the address at the beginning of var. Path followed by semicolon. i.e C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_02\bin; . Do not delete the path existent, just click in and go to the left end and paste the line above. Do not try anything else, because you just need to link your code to "javac.exe" and you just need to locate it.

3.Close your command prompt and reopen it,and write the code for compile and execution.