Unattended silent install of Java on OS X Lion/Mountain Lion (OS X 10.7, 10.8)

Question

As Java is not installed by defaults on Lion and Mountain Lion systems (OS X 10.7, 10.8) I would like to deploy it to all machines on our network. I understand that I can simply download the .pkg and remote install it through Apple Remote Desktop. However, I am wondering if there is a way to send a remote command through Apple Remote Desktop to do a silent, unattended install.

Are there options for the 'java' command to do this? I know that if I am on a client machine and I type 'java' at the command line it will invoke an on demand installation, but it requires user action to click the "OK" button.

Thank you.

When you do the remote install through Apple Remote Desktop, is it non-silent? — watkipet, Oct 25 '13 at 22:56
Are you trying to install the browser plugin or just have Java on the computer to run Java apps? — austinian, Jul 23 '15 at 17:16

score -1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 23 '15 at 16:08

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we can install java with brew cask.

brew install caskroom/cask/brew-cask
brew casek install java

answered Jul 23 '15 at 16:08

Dineshkumar

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This assumes brew is already installed/being used. – austinian Jul 23 '15 at 16:54

Unattended silent install of Java on OS X Lion/Mountain Lion (OS X 10.7, 10.8)

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