Centos alternatives install java

Post by TrevorH » Wed Jan 11, pm You probably also want to use alternatives to install javac. The Oracle jre does "Provides: jre" so you can have openoffice and Oracle jre installed without openjdk.

Post by asilchenko » Thu Jan 12, pm Do you mean use alternatives to install name javac for jdk and java for jre? Post by asilchenko » Thu Jan 12, pm Thanks. Thanks, Anna. Post by TrevorH » Thu Jan 12, pm [quote] Do you mean alternatives generally install "javac" name for jdk and "java" for jre? The java executable is supplied by both. Post by asilchenko » Thu Jan 12, pm Ok. Maybe I can try clarify my question.

My question was. Is it generally true that alternatives install "javac" name for jdk and "java" for jre? To do so;. The image above shows that there are two alternatives to this system. These choices are represented by numbers 1 Java 11 and 2 Java 8.

To change the default version, type the associated number in this case, 1 or 2 and press Enter. In the output, you can find the path for each Java package installed on the system. Then, open the. In this example, we use vim :.

For example, if we copy the installation path for Java 11 in the previous step, the added line in the text editor will be:. In case you need to remove any of the Java packages installed, use the yum remove command. Confirm the process by pressing y yes , and it will uninstall the package from CentOS , as in the image below:. We also covered changing the default version and setting the home environment variable.

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Podcast Making Agile work for data science. I would like to get the list of all alternatives for java versions, choose one and set it in a script, but option --list doesn't not work as expected: alternatives --list java alternatives version 1. How can I get a list like : alternatives --config java There are 2 programs which provide 'java'.

Improve this question. Anyhow, this shouldn't be tagged with java since it is entirely about wrangling the alternatives command. I don't run run alternatives --config java , because it requires user input. So what is your question? That's a documentation bug. Show 7 more comments. Active Oldest Votes. Improve this answer.