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

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "openjdk-8-jre" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install openjdk-8-jre on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openjdk-8-jre" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall openjdk-8-jre on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the openjdk-8-jre package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: openjdk-8-jre
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: 280
Provides: java-runtime (= 8), java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime, java7-runtime, java8-runtime
Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless (= 8u402-ga-2ubuntu1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.24), libxrandr2, libxinerama1, libgl1-mesa-glx | libgl1, libgtk2.0-0 (>= 2.14), libatk-wrapper-java-jni (>= 0.33.3-9~), libasound2 (>= 1.0.16), libc6 (>= 2.34), libgif7 (>= 5.1), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpng16-16 (>= 1.6.2), libpulse0 (>= 0.99.1), libx11-6, libxext6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: fonts-dejavu-extra
Replaces: openjdk-8-jre-headless (<< 8u20~b20-3)
Filename: pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre_8u402-ga-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 73986
MD5sum: b992330281a2934053c018c637e30ab5
SHA1: 3b4c4e7c02b7eae29752fc4ae4b7e17ee7520352
SHA256: ed8472cd79a380412c5e7789db1938a040c886fc7718f1405507719370ba5d85
SHA512: 832858d58b3bf8d997ed49e52810a7723475e50df8a5dd961e9c2575e25e2e32c53cf8abddd8af70cb863595baea74384ae51d0e90045a37abdf7046c27f88a9
Homepage: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk8u/
Description: OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT
Description-md5: adca808a02a80aed4051cc95b7fe5f37