How to install JDK 11 under Ubuntu?
To install Openjdk 11 in Ubuntu, the following commands worked well.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk
after this, try
java -version
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
you should see something like below,
java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64 1111 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.11.0-openjdk-amd64
java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 1081 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
you can see java 1.11 available from above list, use below command to set java 11 to default,
sudo update-alternatives --config java
for 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).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1111 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1111 manual mode
*2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java 1081 manual mode
3 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/java 0 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
you can select desired selection number, my case it's 0
for javac,
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
will result something like below,
There are 3 choices for the alternative javac (providing /usr/bin/javac).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1111 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1111 manual mode
*2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/bin/javac 1081 manual mode
3 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/javac 0 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:
in my case, it's 0 again
after above steps, try
java -version
it will display something like below,
openjdk version "11.0.4" 2019-07-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build
11.0.4+11-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu218.04.3)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.4+11-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu218.04.3, mixed > mode, sharing)
Now it is possible to install openjdk-11 this way:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk
(Previously it installed openjdk-10, but not anymore)