How To Install openjdk-11-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjdk-11-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04. openjdk-11-jdk is OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjdk-11-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is openjdk-11-jdk

openjdk-11-jdk is:

OpenJDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.

Package: openjdk-11-jdk Architecture: amd64 Version: 11.0.7+10-3ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: java Source: openjdk-lts Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: OpenJDK Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 5251 Provides: java-compiler, java-sdk, java10-sdk, java11-sdk, java2-sdk, java5-sdk, java6-sdk, java7-sdk, java8-sdk, java9-sdk Depends: openjdk-11-jre (= 11.0.7+10-3ubuntu1), openjdk-11-jdk-headless (= 11.0.7+10-3ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Recommends: libxt-dev Suggests: openjdk-11-demo, openjdk-11-source, visualvm Conflicts: openjdk-11-jre-headless (« 11~19-2) Replaces: openjdk-11-jre-headless (« 11~19-2) Filename: pool/main/o/openjdk-lts/openjdk-11-jdk_11.0.7+10-3ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 4696848 MD5sum: 963a3c5d814e1f7bb0114b5693b2d00c SHA1: 1a87a60406f2ac09c323bbead78c1c2332f12d63 SHA256: e3753682b2b7afbd1656d2f5f69bdae10394eea87f215ff0f91bcc27f7051404 Homepage: http://openjdk.java.net/ Description-en: OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) OpenJDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.

There are three methods to install openjdk-11-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install openjdk-11-jdk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install openjdk-11-jdk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install openjdk-11-jdk

Install openjdk-11-jdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install openjdk-11-jdk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install openjdk-11-jdk

Install openjdk-11-jdk Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install openjdk-11-jdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install openjdk-11-jdk

How To Uninstall openjdk-11-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the openjdk-11-jdk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove openjdk-11-jdk

Uninstall openjdk-11-jdk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall openjdk-11-jdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove openjdk-11-jdk

Remove openjdk-11-jdk Configurations and Data

To remove openjdk-11-jdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge openjdk-11-jdk

Remove openjdk-11-jdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove openjdk-11-jdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openjdk-11-jdk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install openjdk-11-jdk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.