

*2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1081 manual modeģ /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/javac 0 manual mode Will result something like below, There are 3 choices for the alternative javac (providing /usr/bin/javac).Ġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1111 auto modeġ /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1111 manual mode You can select desired selection number, my case it's 0įor javac, sudo update-alternatives -config javac Press to keep the current choice, or type selection number:

You can see java 1.11 available from above list, use below command to set java 11 to default, sudo update-alternatives -config javaįor above command, you will get something like below and also, will ask for an option to set, There are 3 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 mode You should see something like below, java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64 1111 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64 Some vendors will be supporting releases for longer than six months.To make sure java version is 1.11.x, if found old one or different, check below command to see the available jdks, update-java-alternatives -list If you would like to download Java for free, you can get OpenJDK builds from the following vendors, among others:Īdoptium (formerly AdoptOpenJDK) RedHat Azul Amazon SAP Liberica JDK Dragonwell JDK GraalVM (High performance JIT) Oracle Microsoft With the introduction of the new release cadence, many have asked where they should download Java, and if it is still free.

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