This JDK should thus not be used with any other applications. But the provided JDK is not automatically updated to fix security issues. the version including the Java JDK is easier to install as it only requires to unzip the downloaded file and to run it.It is important to notice that each version has its own pros and contras: For each OS, one version includes the Java JDK (1.8.0_161 in 64 bits) and one does not.2 versions for each of the 3 environments (by default in 64 bits) Windows, MacOS X and Linux (tested mainly on Ubuntu),.
GAMA 1.8.1 (the last release) comes in 6 different versions: We made efforts to make the last release of GAMA (1.8.1) as easy as possible to install, by providing a version with an embedded Java JDK, limiting the installation to a 3-steps procedure: download, extract and launch.