How To Install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 is OpenJDK Runtime Environment

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64

The OpenJDK runtime environment.

We can use yum to install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64.

Install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64

How To Uninstall java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64

java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/bin/policytool
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libjavagtk.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libjsoundalsa.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libpulse-java.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libsplashscreen.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/xawt/libmawt.so
/usr/share/applications/java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64-policytool.desktop
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/16x16/apps/java-1.7.0.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/24x24/apps/java-1.7.0.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/32x32/apps/java-1.7.0.png
/usr/share/icons/hicolor/48x48/apps/java-1.7.0.png
/usr/share/man/man1/policytool-java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.261-2.6.22.2.amzn2.0.2.x86_64.1.gz

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.