Binary Java 7 for Mac

Question

Is there any binary release of Java 7 (using the Mac/BSD-port project) anywhere? Some blogs (e.g. Building Java 7 on Mac OS X) have a detailed instructions to build the jdk from source, but I was hoping that someone have a binary of it available for download.

The problem with the instructions is that it's quite annoying to get all the version numbers correct, and slight variations might lead to wasted hours of work.

Answer 1

Dig into comments of this blog post, it's a licensing issue, you might end up building one for yourself, wait for Intel builds from SoyLatte, or official build from Apple.

Answer 2

There is a "Java for Mac OS X 10.7 Preview" package available in the Java section of http://connect.apple.com.

It was released 08 Jun 2011.

I have not tried it yet.

Answer 3

This just got released by Oracle: http://jdk7.java.net/macportpreview/

Answer 4

Binary builds of Java 7 for Mac OS X are provided by this Google Code project: http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/

Answer 5

I have compiled the OpenJDK 7 and made the binaries available at my lame hosting service: http://www.notnoop.com/open-jdk-7 .

Future readers should feel free to contact me regarding any incompatibilities, portability problems, and such.

Answer 6

You may find OpenJDK7 binaries for Mac OS X 10.7.3+ in openjdk-unofficial-builds github project.

Disclaimer: I've built them myself