How to Install and Uninstall openjdk-8-jdk-headless Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "openjdk-8-jdk-headless" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install openjdk-8-jdk-headless on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openjdk-8-jdk-headless" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall openjdk-8-jdk-headless on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 openjdk-8-jdk-headless package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: openjdk-8-jdk-headless
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8u402-ga-2ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/java
Source: openjdk-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Java Maintenance
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 38829
Provides: java-sdk-headless (= 8), java2-sdk-headless, java5-sdk-headless, java6-sdk-headless, java7-sdk-headless, java8-sdk-headless
Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless (= 8u402-ga-2ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.34), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: openjdk-8-demo, openjdk-8-source
Breaks: openjdk-8-jre-headless (<< 8u232-b07-1)
Replaces: openjdk-8-jdk (<< 8u72-b15-4), openjdk-8-jre-headless (<< 8u232-b07-1)
Filename: pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jdk-headless_8u402-ga-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 8841136
MD5sum: 4cedfaca2971800fc3a32a3189fd4e9e
SHA1: 530025dc620ae714f7ad0e40cdc57b0d6eacb139
SHA256: feed4bf9673cf286c652ff5eb2074c8b27ac94a485d6d96b30c9ee50bbf8554b
SHA512: cfcb3f1a727117f88475f8c174bc4a903efd53ff5fe168c9905adc7a92b0f05051f56d21969bcc43cd7880d674ba6b2b4c5eeb03be24501e50adafe3b2d74127
Homepage: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk8u/
Description: OpenJDK Development Kit (JDK) (headless)
Description-md5: 8728353da59d7b1608e908f191d9b820