How to Install and Uninstall default-jre-headless Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: May 09,2024

1. Install "default-jre-headless" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install default-jre-headless on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)


    
        
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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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall default-jre-headless on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: default-jre-headless
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.11-72
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Source: java-common (0.72)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 20
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
Replaces: openjdk-6-jre-headless (<< 6b23~pre8-2~)
Filename: pool/main/j/java-common/default-jre-headless_1.11-72_amd64.deb
Size: 3192
MD5sum: fd5ef627a4897227c5440b57570dfa81
SHA1: f5e8fe12ee1602489cb42ae8815e92b3090e09ef
SHA256: 78965d3d8a4afd688914124242f6a3d9699fb11cfbe454f0bf7e9ee43af6d210
SHA512: 99c584276e082cf634d20bfdf9f616b9564f66231a7828be089fd766223e669500561e743d70aacf2b24ab6b4de24b35ccda8f4c777d487609e998a8f150f4e8
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Description-en: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)
This dependency package points to the Java runtime, or Java compatible
runtime recommended for this architecture, which is
openjdk-11-jre-headless for amd64.
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The package is used as dependency for packages not needing a
graphical display during runtime.
Description-md5: 6a80f216cbac62099ce78c02764c55d1