Can Java 9 run on a 32-bit OS?

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Although the 32-bit binaries for JDK9 seem to be missing from Oracle’s lousy, unencrypted download page, if (after clicking “Accept License Agreement”) you copy the URL of the 64-bit binaries and change x64 to x86, it will give you the 32-bit binaries.

Update: And now it’s gone. Bizarre! What is Oracle playing at? They went to the effort to fix x86-specific bugs for Java 9, they explicitly said 32-bit Windows and Linux were supported, they list installation instructions for 32-bit systems, they made 32-bit builds fully available throughout the pre-release period for testing purposes, and nothing in their JDK 9 migration guide indicates that 32-bit platforms have been dropped (quite the opposite in fact: it says the -client VM command line option has been dropped so the faster -server VM is now the default for 32-bit).

So why are they suddenly hiding the release binaries?

I happened to have downloaded the Windows JDK (including JRE) and the Linux JRE for x86. I don’t have the Linux JDK. There’s an Oracle digital signature in the properties of the Windows exe so you can see that it’s genuine. I do hope Oracle get their act together.

Update 2: Apparently Oracle has decided to eliminate support for x86 Java forever. They somehow finished, compiled, digitally signed, and published the Java 9 binaries by accident. The binaries still work, but presumably will not receive updates.

Update 3: Apparently Oracle has become so hateful and hostile towards Java developers that they have compelled Google to block the above downloads with a DMCA request. Nothing I can do. Sorry. If you have Java 9, you have it, and it will still work. If you don’t have Java 9, well, you’ll have to get creative.

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