How to Install and Uninstall default-jre-headless Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: January 11,2025

1. Install "default-jre-headless" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install default-jre-headless on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                default-jre-headless
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "default-jre-headless" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall default-jre-headless on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                default-jre-headless
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the default-jre-headless package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: default-jre-headless
Source: java-common (0.71)
Version: 2:1.11-71
Installed-Size: 20
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: openjdk-6-jre-headless (<< 6b23~pre8-2~)
Provides: java-runtime-headless, java10-runtime-headless, java11-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java8-runtime-headless, java9-runtime-headless
Depends: openjdk-11-jre-headless, java-common
Suggests: default-jre
Description: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)
Description-md5: 6a80f216cbac62099ce78c02764c55d1
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Tag: devel::lang:java, devel::runtime, role::metapackage
Section: java
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/j/java-common/default-jre-headless_1.11-71_amd64.deb
Size: 10856
MD5sum: f167eefb5d917462d75e1b651af128f9
SHA256: 241022048b1cb348b05854bb329a86f70f7afe7e906300156eea419de7bded72