How to install JDK 11 under Ubuntu?

Question

So Java 11 is out. Does anybody know how to install it (OpenJDK from Oracle) from the command line?

I would like to see something like it was before for Oracle Java

Answer 1

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,

sudo 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 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 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)