

And, just like for Oracle, the JDK Project will also deliver new feature releases every six months. Initially, it was based only on the JDK 7, but since Java 10, the open-source reference implementation of the Java SE platform is the responsibility of the JDK Project. We should emphasize that OpenJDK is an official reference implementation of a Java Standard Edition since version SE 7.
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So, how do you get Java Simply install one of the so called openjdk packages. As common within the Debian project, the developers would appreciate good bug reports on found problems. As a quick link, here are some packages: java-common. Minimal installation of Oracle Java 8 on Debian - headless, with no GUI Ask Question Asked 7 years, 5 months ago Modified 9 months ago Viewed 5k times 2 In another question here ( Minimal Java installation for Linux with no GUI) I found some information about headless installation of OpenJDK, but I would need this with Oracle Java 8. You can look up the bugs for a specific Debian package at the Debian Bug Tracking System. Worry not, I believe you are better off without Oracle's package anyway. Some of these are reported as Debian bugs. Note: the versions in italics are no longer supported. 1 This article you followed is outdated as the 'PPA' it tries to add and use does not exist anymore. This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or is only available from another sources However the following packages replace it: nvidia-openjdk-8-jre E: Package 'openjdk-8-jre' has no installation candidate If it helps, here is my /etc/apt/sources.

Let's take a look at the Java SE history: Oracle strongly recommends using the term JDK to refer to the Java SE (Standard Edition) Development Kit (there are also Enterprise Edition and Micro Edition platforms). It's thus named because it contains more tools than the standalone JRE, as well as the other components needed for developing Java applications. It contains a complete Java Runtime Environment, a so-called private runtime. JDK (Java Development Kit) is a software development environment used in Java platform programming.
