{"id":648,"date":"2015-03-06T03:01:40","date_gmt":"2015-03-06T08:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brunerd.com\/blog\/?p=648"},"modified":"2015-03-06T13:56:37","modified_gmt":"2015-03-06T18:56:37","slug":"java-8-without-the-adware-aka-java8unjunker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brunerd.com\/blog\/2015\/03\/06\/java-8-without-the-adware-aka-java8unjunker\/","title":{"rendered":"Java 8 without the Adware (aka Java8Unjunker)"},"content":{"rendered":"

So you’ve heard the Ask toolbar is now bundled\u00a0with Java 8 Update 40 for the Mac?
\nYep, apparently it is.<\/p>\n

\"Ask\"<\/p>\n

Fortunately there’s a simple workaround!\u00a0Let’s take control of our Macs and do a little spelunking into this new installer app.<\/p>\n

Right or Control-Click the Java 8 Update xx.app<\/strong> and choose Show Package Contents<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Show<\/p>\n

Navigate into Contents<\/strong> then Resources<\/strong> folder
\n<\/strong>Eureka we’ve found it: JavaAppletPlugin.pkg<\/strong>
\n\"JavaAppletPlugin_Location\"<\/a>Let’s run\u00a0it!<\/p>\n

\"Gatekeeper_Java8\"<\/p>\n

Aw snap. It seems the\u00a0package isn’t signed and Gatekeeper is not happy about that. I’m flabbergasted that they’d sign the installer app but not<\/em> the package inside? (Update: I’m really flabbergasted!<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Control or right-click<\/strong> on JavaAppletPlugin.pkg<\/strong> and choose Open<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Java<\/p>\n

Click Open<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Open<\/p>\n

Here we are. Your unsigned Java installer awaits.<\/p>\n

\"Installer\"<\/p>\n

Alternately… Java8Unjunker.command<\/a><\/strong><\/h2>\n

A\u00a0script<\/a> I just made to do the same thing plus some other nice things like: name the package and\u00a0un-quarantine it. Of course being\u00a0a script it’s not signable! Gatekeeper will balk if it’s on. You’ll need to right-click and choose Open as before.<\/p>\n

\"Shell\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Drag in your Java 8 Updater xx.app<\/p>\n

\"Unjunker1\"<\/p>\n

Press Enter.
\nVoil\u00e0!<\/strong> A folder with your package ready to double-click and go.<\/p>\n

\"Unjunker2\"<\/p>\n

Enjoy.<\/p>\n

<\/h1>\n

TMI…<\/h1>\n
#!\/bin\/bash\r\n\r\n#Java 8 Unjunker - Joel Bruner\r\n#Simply moves the JavaAppletPlugin.pkg package out of the installer app (which installs the Ask Toolbar) to the Desktop, renames and Un-Quarantines it\r\n\r\n#touch file for debugging\r\n[ -f \/tmp\/debug ] && set -x\r\n\r\n#take command line argument too\r\nsourceApp=\"$1\"\r\n\r\n#check to see if path provided is present and valid\r\n#otherwise get the path\r\nwhile [ -z \"$sourceApp\" -o ! -d \"$sourceApp\" ]; do\r\necho -n \"Drag in Java 8 Update xx.app and press enter: \"\r\nread sourceApp\r\ndone\r\n\r\n#get the version from the app\r\nsourcePKGVersion=$(defaults read \"$sourceApp\"\/Contents\/Info CFBundleVersion)\r\n\r\n#make Desktop folder and copy pkg to it, renamed\r\necho \"Creating Directory ~\/Desktop\/Java $sourcePKGVersion\"\r\nmkdir ~\/Desktop\/\"Java $sourcePKGVersion\"\r\necho \"Copying JavaAppletPlugin.pkg to ~\/Desktop\/Java $sourcePKGVersion\/JavaAppletPlugin_${sourcePKGVersion}.pkg\"\r\ncp \"$sourceApp\"\/Contents\/Resources\/JavaAppletPlugin.pkg ~\/Desktop\/\"Java $sourcePKGVersion\"\/JavaAppletPlugin_${sourcePKGVersion}.pkg\r\n\r\n#since Oracle doesn't sign the pkg just the .app we need to strip the quarantine xa off to suppress the warning\r\nxattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~\/Desktop\/\"Java $sourcePKGVersion\"\/JavaAppletPlugin_${sourcePKGVersion}.pkg\r\n\r\necho \"Java Unjunked. Opening Folder.\"\r\nopen ~\/Desktop\/\"Java $sourcePKGVersion\"<\/pre>\n
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