How To Install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 in Amazon Linux 2. java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 is OpenJDK accessibility connector

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2.

What is java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64

Enables accessibility support in OpenJDK 8 by using java-atk-wrapper. This allows compatible at-spi2 based accessibility programs to work for AWT and Swing-based programs. Please note, the java-atk-wrapper is still in beta, and OpenJDK 8 itself is still being tuned to be working with accessibility features. There are known issues with accessibility on, so please do not install this package unless you really need to.

We can use yum to install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.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-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64.

Install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.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-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64

How To Uninstall java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2

To uninstall only the java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 package we can use the following command:

sudo yum remove java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64

java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 Package Contents on Amazon Linux 2

/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/accessibility.properties
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/amd64/libatk-wrapper.so
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.312.b07-1.amzn2.0.2.x86_64/jre/lib/ext/java-atk-wrapper.jar

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install java-1.8.0-openjdk-accessibility.x86_64 on Amazon Linux 2 using yum.