Red Hat

Are there any non-interactive network downloaders like wget that come with fedora by default? I noticed that wget doesn't come with fedora.

Depending on your needs:
curl
lynx
w3m

I was trying to automate this process. Oracle is to lazy to do this.

How do I download and install Java for my Linux computer?

I was hoping to use a program like wget but comes by default with Fedora. Most people don't like installing extra software when they don't have to. This is what my shellscript looks like.

Code:

#!/bin/bash
echo "Downloading Java"
#yum -y install wget
wget http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/6u27-b07/jre-6u27-linux-i586-rpm.bin
echo "Making executable"
chmod a+x jre*
echo "Installing java"
./jre*
cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
echo "Making symlink so Firefox works"
ln -s /usr/java/jre*/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so

Not too long ago this wouldn't be a problem, as distributions were allowed to create packages for the official Sun Java, but then The Oracle in its infinite "wisdom" decided to revoke the DLJ.

Besides, how is installing extra software from outside the repository (without signature, checksums, or other verification) different from installing software contained in the repository?

Um no idea. Just trying to make life easier to install java. It is a pain right now.