How to Install and Uninstall default-jre Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: May 06,2024

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

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "default-jre" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install default-jre on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall default-jre on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the default-jre package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: default-jre
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.11-72build2
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Source: java-common (0.72build2)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6
Provides: java-runtime, java10-runtime, java11-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime, java7-runtime, java8-runtime, java9-runtime
Depends: default-jre-headless (= 2:1.11-72build2), openjdk-11-jre
Filename: pool/main/j/java-common/default-jre_1.11-72build2_amd64.deb
Size: 896
MD5sum: 52db584df8499fc6020c3edd13a25475
SHA1: 41b0e1d5a29a28c92ee48e925041cce5dd0547a6
SHA256: cf9e079452824e8ccb331a6d301c08e782c2ddb6bffec9ad31ce50003980a7ce
SHA512: 0798da0a3274791d920307d3715d7a8c5e5e38fa5575bbdd4a4d7ae6cdc6f15f7f02d56e2f929f20f79fb1fc95d0ee7b2de8afe63b44e73623922ad6298a7906
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Description: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime
Description-md5: 071b7a2f9baf048d89c849c14bcafb9e
Cnf-Extra-Commands: java,jexec