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

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the default-jre-headless 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-headless" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install default-jre-headless on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall default-jre-headless on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 default-jre-headless package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: default-jre-headless
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: 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_1.11-72build2_amd64.deb
Size: 3042
MD5sum: 8dc936fe2a0835e1c4554b6d16b7bfca
SHA1: ba0f32b1c0daf0398929d4045826c3a2ba080fba
SHA256: 39bb4d2f0bcbbb873f3f76699b88417572efda62295adcb695376ae5e87bf1d8
SHA512: 03ceca9f3466d8f3c548eaf1ce2038dc3fc3444c09bcd33ff2e018e19d5ef83f87fac444ff6d04c37383a963db8a2ba53370b5c011e8d55faa82edabdaea19e5
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Description: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless)
Description-md5: 6a80f216cbac62099ce78c02764c55d1