1. Check installed Open JDK
Note that by default Ubuntu 18.04 includes Open JDK 10 or 11. Check your current Java version first, or list the JDK package installed.
yao@DESKTOP:~$ sudo apt list --installed | grep jdk
WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
openjdk-11-jdk/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4 amd64 [installed]
openjdk-11-jdk-headless/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
openjdk-11-jre/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
openjdk-11-jre-headless/bionic-updates,bionic-security,now 10.0.2+13-1ubuntu0.18.04.4 amd64 [installed,automatic]
2. Install Oracle JDK 8 (or 9)
Follow Install Oracle Java 8 / 9 in Ubuntu 16.04, Linux Mint 18. It also works in Ubuntu 18.04.
- Add PPA
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
- Install Oracle JDK 8 (or 9)
sudo apt update
sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer
sudo apt install oracle-java9-installer
- Now the
javac -verison
should be switched to the new Oracle JDK 8 (or 9), but better check before we go on.
yao@DESKTOP:~$ javac -version
javac 1.8.0_201
- Set Java environment variables
yao@DESKTOP:~$ sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
oracle-java8-set-default is already the newest version (8u201-1~webupd8~1).
oracle-java8-set-default set to manually installed.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 182 not upgraded.
3. Switch between JDKs
yao@DESKTOP:~$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
There are 2 choices for the alternative java (providing /usr/bin/java).
Selection Path Priority Status
------------------------------------------------------------
0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1101 auto mode
1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-amd64/bin/java 1101 manual mode
* 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle/jre/bin/java 1081 manual mode
Press <enter> to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number:2
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