jre12 on AUR (Arch User Repository)

Last updated: March 06,2025

1. Install "jre12" effortlessly via AUR with the help of a helper(YAY)

a. Install YAY (https://github.com/Jguer/yay)

$ sudo pacman -S --needed git base-devel && git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/yay.git && cd yay && makepkg -si

b. Install jre12 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -S jre12

* (Optional) Uninstall jre12 on Arch using YAY

$ yay -Rns jre12

2. Manually Install "jre12" via AUR

a. Ensure you have the base development tools and git installed with:

$ sudo pacman -S --needed base-devel git

b. Clone jre12's git locally

$ git clone https://aur.archlinux.org/jre12.git ~/jre12

c. Go to ~/jre12 folder and install it

$ cd ~/jre12 $ makepkg -si

3. Information about the jre12 package on Arch User Repository (AUR)

ID: 660886
Name: jre12
PackageBaseID: 146216
PackageBase: jre12
Version: 12.0.2-1
Description: Oracle Java Runtime Environment
URL: https://www.oracle.com/java/
NumVotes: 1
Popularity: 0
OutOfDate:
Maintainer: severach
Submitter: Scrumplex
FirstSubmitted: 1572354232
LastModified: 1572354232
URLPath: /cgit/aur.git/snapshot/jre12.tar.gz