How to Install and Uninstall default-jre Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: February 03,2025

1. Install "default-jre" package

Learn how to install default-jre on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall default-jre on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                default-jre
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the default-jre package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: default-jre
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2:1.17-74
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Source: java-common (0.74)
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Java Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 6
Provides: java-runtime (= 17), java10-runtime, java11-runtime, java12-runtime, java13-runtime, java14-runtime, java15-runtime, java16-runtime, java17-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime, java7-runtime, java8-runtime, java9-runtime
Depends: default-jre-headless (= 2:1.17-74), openjdk-17-jre
Filename: pool/main/j/java-common/default-jre_1.17-74_amd64.deb
Size: 912
MD5sum: e1c24f152396655f96dbaa749bd9cd2e
SHA1: b1eeca19c6a29448ecc81df249bafdedbe49ee04
SHA256: 02b1e27de90f05af42d61af927c35f17f7ba1ffe19bf64598ec68216075f623f
SHA512: 81577c1e4b6920a3fb296a2cdb301131283762efa9fa371e6aa8bc31c7ee1292bbbc442984b2e2ce5d8788507f396eb3e03c1ff8c4dda671f329ac08ec0b2057
Homepage: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/
Description: Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime
Description-md5: e747dcb24f92ffabcbdfba1db72f26e8
Task: edubuntu-desktop-gnome
Cnf-Extra-Commands: java,jexec