How to Install and Uninstall default-jre-headless Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: February 17,2025

You can also install and uninstall the default-jre-headless on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "default-jre-headless" package

This is a short guide on how to install default-jre-headless on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall default-jre-headless on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the default-jre-headless package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: default-jre-headless
Source: java-common (0.74)
Version: 2:1.17-74
Installed-Size: 12
Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: openjdk-6-jre-headless (<< 6b23~pre8-2~)
Provides: java-runtime-headless (= 17), java10-runtime-headless, java11-runtime-headless, java12-runtime-headless, java13-runtime-headless, java14-runtime-headless, java15-runtime-headless, java16-runtime-headless, java17-runtime-headless, java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java8-runtime-headless, java9-runtime-headless
Depends: openjdk-17-jre-headless, java-common
Suggests: default-jre
Description: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)
Description-md5: d94da200e5fcaadf49830493fca52bfd
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_1.17-74_amd64.deb
Size: 2936
MD5sum: 99da6cbecfd23a0874aff616ab28ef0a
SHA256: bbe9b13d10152caaddaff9cfd74ab702b3b08e8894abafdb9ce5b6ddb7ddf4b6