How To Install openjdk-8-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install openjdk-8-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is openjdk-8-jdk
openjdk-8-jdk is:
OpenJDK is a development environment for building applications, applets, and components using the Java programming language.
The packages are built using the IcedTea build support and patches from the IcedTea project.
Package: openjdk-8-jdk Architecture: amd64 Version: 8u252-b09-1ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: universe/java Source: openjdk-8 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: OpenJDK Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 3910 Provides: java-compiler, java-sdk, java2-sdk, java5-sdk, java6-sdk, java7-sdk, java8-sdk Depends: openjdk-8-jre (= 8u252-b09-1ubuntu1), openjdk-8-jdk-headless (= 8u252-b09-1ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.2.5) Recommends: libxt-dev Suggests: openjdk-8-demo, openjdk-8-source, visualvm Filename: pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jdk_8u252-b09-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 3519352 MD5sum: e0a41b1d51cef300311c89411086e539 SHA1: 9a73e534b862096074cb0e65cce38cbbf26029a4 SHA256: 0b0805a2831127495b7733983a54e8ccff0a65e0f1c4072140df9bec82da0b0d 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.
The packages are built using the IcedTea build support and patches from the IcedTea project.
There are three methods to install openjdk-8-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-8-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-8-jdk using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install openjdk-8-jdk
Install openjdk-8-jdk Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install openjdk-8-jdk using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install openjdk-8-jdk
Install openjdk-8-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-8-jdk using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install openjdk-8-jdk
How To Uninstall openjdk-8-jdk on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the openjdk-8-jdk package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove openjdk-8-jdk
Uninstall openjdk-8-jdk And Its Dependencies
To uninstall openjdk-8-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-8-jdk
Remove openjdk-8-jdk Configurations and Data
To remove openjdk-8-jdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge openjdk-8-jdk
Remove openjdk-8-jdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove openjdk-8-jdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge openjdk-8-jdk
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install openjdk-8-jdk package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
