There are 2 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java). 1 JDK 8 and JRE 8 Installation Start Here This page gives access to instructions for installing the JDK and JRE on Oracle Solaris, Windows, Linux, and OS X computers. You can also verify the selection with update-alternatives -config java command: $ sudo update-alternatives -config java You just need to install the oracle-java8-set-default package: $ sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default Selection can be made with update-alternatives command but WebUpd8 repositories also includes a small package which makes setting Java 8 as default more easily. Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on servers and in today’s demanding embedded environments. If there are other Java/JDK packages on your system, you need to select the default one. $ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer $ sudo add-apt-repository 'deb trusty main' Download and install the latest open-source JDK. Follow the steps below: $ sudo apt-key adv -keyserver -recv-keys EEA14886 GraalVM is a high-performance JDK distribution written for Java and other JVM languages, along with support for JavaScript, Ruby, Python, and several other. To install Java 8 on Debian Stretch with minimum effort, you can use WebUpd8’s Java PPA repositories.

Reference Implementation for Maintenance Release 1 (Mar 2015) and Maintenance Release 2 (Mar 2019. This Reference Implementation applies to JSR 337 Maintenance Release 3 (Feb 2020). Oracle Java 8 required by some programs and it is not available on Debian archive due to licensing issues. The official Reference Implementations for Java SE 8 ( JSR 337) are based solely upon open-source code available from the JDK 8 Project in the OpenJDK Community.

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