

With the new license, a commercial license is required to any application on OracleJDK. Prior to Java 11, anyone could run Oracle JDK freely and it was the most popular choice as a result. With the release of Java 11, Oracle decided to make a major shift in their licensing. Starting with this release of the SDK, this is the preferred one for anyone not running enterprise licenses. The default JDK (Java Development Kit) and JRE (Java Runtime Environment) for Ubuntu 18.04 is OpenJDK. To set the environment variables for a specific user, place the above variables in the ~/.bash_profile file.In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Java SDK 11 on Ubuntu 18.04, with instructions covering both Oracle JDK and OpenJDK.

Set variables based on the Java location and version for all users. For example, to run Java programs from anywhere, you need to set $JAVA_HOME and other variables to match your version of Java.Ĭreate a new file under /etc/profile.d directory. Java applications often require JAVA environment variables to be set in the system. The output may vary depending upon the package and the version you chose to be the default Java version. OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.12+7-post-Debian-2, mixed mode, sharing) OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.12+7-post-Debian-2) Verify Java VersionĬheck the java version using the following command. Press to keep the current choice, or type selection number: 1Įnter the number below the selection column to set the default Java version. There are 4 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).Ġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1111 auto modeġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1111 manual modeĢ /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.12/bin/java 2 manual modeģ /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-16.0.2/bin/java 1 manual mode If your system has multiple Java versions, then the command would list all Java versions like below.

Use the alternatives command to set the default java version. Sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.*/bin/java 3 Sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.*/bin/java 2

Sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-16.*/bin/java 1 Run update-alternatives commands to install Java on your system. Sudo tar -zxvf jdk-8u301-linux-圆4.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm/ Install Oracle Java JDK/JRE Install / Extract the downloaded Oracle Java package. Wget -no-check-certificate -no-cookies -header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" If you still want to use the command line, use the below command.
