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Get Started with Azul Platform Prime from a tar.gz Archive

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Looking for Zing? The Azul Zing Virtual Machine is now Azul Zulu Prime Builds of OpenJDK and part of Azul Platform Prime. Learn more.

Need a different Linux distro? Go back to Azul Platform Prime Downloads.

These instructions introduce you to the quick and easy process to try Azul Platform Prime from a tar.gz archive.

Note
 Our software distributions are signed by an OpenPGP key when appropriate. To verify your download, see Product Signing Keys (OpenPGP) for details.

Downloading an Azul Platform Prime Stream Build

Stream Builds are produced once a month, do not receive any security backports, and are free for development, testing, and evaluation. By downloading Stream Builds, you agree to the Azul Platform Prime Evaluation Agreement. For more information, see the Azul Platform Prime Roadmap.

Download Azul Platform Prime for Java SE:

Downloading an Azul Platform Prime Stable Build

Stable Builds contain only critical fix backports, are produced on an ongoing basis, and require a license for use. Download the build from https://www.azul.com/products/prime/customer-downloads/

Uncompressing the Azul Platform Prime Archive

  1. Uncompress the downloaded tar.gz archive on the host machine where the Java applications will be run:

     tar xzvf zing<prime_version>-<jdk_version>.tar.gz
    Note
    		 The gzip and tar utilities are required to install the ZVM tar.gz archive on Linux host platforms.

  2. Verify that the Azul Platform Prime Virtual Machine is successfully unpacked:

     /<uncompressed_prime_archive_directory>/bin/java -version

    The output should look similar to the snippet below:

     java version "1.8.0-zing_19.07.0.0"
Zing Runtime Environment for Java Applications (build 1.8.0-zing_19.07.0.0-b3)
Zing 64-Bit Tiered VM (build 1.8.0-zing_19.07.0.0-b4-product-linux-X86_64, mixed mode)