Tuesday 1 September 2020

Java upgrade manual process

 


Upgrade steps when you have Java package


# Unzip/untar java to /usr/java
$ cd /usr/java ; tar xzf jdk-11.0.7.tar.gz
# Remove any existing link to latest and add link to new
$ rm latest
$ ln -s /usr/java/jdk-11.0.7 latest
# Update alternatives and set correct version
$ alternatives  --config java
There are 3 programs which provide 'java'.

    Selection    Command
   -----------------------------------------------
     1           /usr/java/jdk1.8.0_202-amd64/jre/bin/java
   + 2           /usr/java/jdk-11.0.3/bin/java
  *  3           /usr/java/jdk-11.0.7/bin/java
Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number:

$ java -version

  java version "11.0.7" 2020-04-14 LTS
  Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11.0.7+8-LTS)
  Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11.0.7+8-LTS, mixed mode)