Install Azul Zulu on Solaris

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Azul provides binary .zip packages for the supported Solaris versions. There is no installer and no package repository for Solaris: you download an archive and extract it. You can download the package for your system from the Downloads page.

Note	Solaris packages are only available for Azul Zulu 7, 8, and 11, on both x86 and SPARC. Check Supported Platforms to confirm which Java version is available for your Solaris release.

Extract the package content into a folder.
```
 unzip <package>.zip
```
The command creates a folder named after the package but without the .zip extension. This is your Azul Zulu installation folder.

To verify that the package was extracted correctly, run

 <installation_folder>/bin/java -version

The output is similar to the following, with the version numbers of the package you downloaded:

 $ zulu8.96.0.20-ca-jdk8.0.502-solaris/bin/java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_502"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.96.0.20-CA-solaris) (build 1.8.0_502-b07)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.96.0.20-CA-solaris) (build 25.502-b07, mixed mode)

(Optional) Add <installation_folder>/bin to your PATH environment variable, so that you can execute java from any directory without specifying the full path.
```
 export PATH=<installation_folder>/bin:$PATH
```