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

Last updated: May 20,2024

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

Please follow the steps below to install openjdk-8-jre-headless on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install openjdk-8-jre-headless

2. Uninstall "openjdk-8-jre-headless" package

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

$ sudo apt remove openjdk-8-jre-headless $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the openjdk-8-jre-headless package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: openjdk-8-jre-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: 101397
Provides: java-runtime-headless (= 8), java2-runtime-headless, java5-runtime-headless, java6-runtime-headless, java7-runtime-headless, java8-runtime-headless
Depends: ca-certificates-java, java-common (>= 0.28), libcups2, liblcms2-2 (>= 2.2+git20110628), libjpeg-turbo8, libfontconfig1, libnss3 (>= 2:3.26), util-linux (>= 2.26.2-4), libc6 (>= 2.38), libfreetype6 (>= 2.3.5), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libjpeg8 (>= 8c), libpcsclite1 (>= 1.3.0), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libx11-6, libxext6, libxi6, libxrender1, libxtst6, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: libnss-mdns, fonts-dejavu-extra, fonts-nanum, fonts-ipafont-gothic, fonts-ipafont-mincho, fonts-wqy-microhei, fonts-wqy-zenhei, fonts-indic
Breaks: ca-certificates-java (<< 20160321~), oracle-java8-installer (<< 8u77+8u77arm-1)
Filename: pool/universe/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre-headless_8u402-ga-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 30690348
MD5sum: 47ad578727fde35648e641f123efe7d5
SHA1: fdb587f1ce214d632a420def72427de21a53e65b
SHA256: 72fc95753c8943892ea7ad860f3d9c211181def928125254f08ed3e40b351ce8
SHA512: 2a0fd69a3c1a6babca4020b55c68136b91aba670d82e1d26a022dd2fcae3e4ecaf5b29f7bb52c4d40dfc405b34db01f3f256d8d3d340ef91af3fe2b826c3382d
Homepage: https://openjdk.org/projects/jdk8u/
Description: OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless)
Description-md5: 20eb08d56f9496cba7ae5bc1fc762f93