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Install JAVA

Linux CentOS/RedHat

  • Use the existing package installer (apt or yum for example) to install or upgrade latest GA version of JAVA OpenJDK
  • Example on CentOS:
yum install java-latest-openjdk-headless.x86_64   # Installs the latest OpenJDK binaries
alternatives --config java                        # In case of upgrade: Switches the links to point to the new version
java -version                                     # Check you run the latest version 
  • Or download the Linux/x64 archive from https://jdk.java.net/ and decompress it in your usual Java install path and update /usr/bin/java link
  • Refer to the online documentation specific to your Linux distribution

Linux Open SUSE Leap 15.2

Run the following commands to install JAVA openjdk 15

zypper up
zypper ar http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Java:/Factory/openSUSE_Leap_15.2/ java
zypper mr -p 70 java
zypper refresh
zypper in java-15-openjdk [To try first in case it is already available]
java --version

Manual install

Note: In the below example, jdk install folder is in /usr/lib/jvm/

wget https://download.java.net/java/GA/jdk20.0.1/b4887098932d415489976708ad6d1a4b/9/GPL/openjdk-20.0.1_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz
tar zxvf openjdk-20.0.1_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm/
alternatives --install  /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-20.0.1/bin/java 99
alternatives --config java -> select new version

If a JAVA version is already installed on your system before the installation, use alternatives command to change the java version used by your system.

alternatives --config java                        # In case of upgrade: Switches the links to point to the new version
# logout and login again to have the environment variables defined.
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