GlassFish 5.0 is distributed as a zip file; installing GlassFish is as simple as extracting the zip file to a directory of our choosing.
GlassFish assumes some dependencies are present in your system.
In order to install GlassFish 5, a recent Java SE version must be installed on your workstation (Java SE 8 required), and the Java executable must be in your system PATH. Java SE 8 can be downloaded athttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html.
Once the JDK has been installed, the GlassFish installation can begin by simply extracting the downloaded compressed file:
Note
All modern operating systems, including Linux, Windows, and macOS, include out-of-the-box support for extracting compressed ZIP files, consult your operating system documentation for details.
After extracting the zip file, a new directory named glassfish5 will be created, this new directory contains our GlassFish installation...