How to Install and Uninstall openjdk-8-jre-jamvm Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

Please follow the guidance below to install openjdk-8-jre-jamvm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "openjdk-8-jre-jamvm" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall openjdk-8-jre-jamvm on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 openjdk-8-jre-jamvm package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: openjdk-8-jre-jamvm
Architecture: amd64
Version: 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: java
Source: openjdk-8
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: OpenJDK Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 241
Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless (= 8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1)
Filename: pool/main/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre-jamvm_8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 99128
MD5sum: 4f3d9300af0cbfbfbaa338b44295d937
SHA1: 681d479242dee48453f5efd293356760f25e713d
SHA256: 6635156d67fb7ec3adf90c6a0bfb10565e53b0c9917b02be2b546b218285abc9
SHA512: ab87cf184094d4556dfdec167bde6a76573df4b99fbc04d94834c863ec6367cb752829e663435f1fa7fab85469e6f3c84570db49c4d4eac1cf80871055ecf78e
Homepage: http://openjdk.java.net/
Description-en: Transitional package for obsolete JamVM for OpenJDK
JamVM support was removed for recent versions of OpenJDK 8.
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This is a transitional package which can be safely removed.
Description-md5: 0a6d767f063be51124073067262b59a2
Supported: 5y

Package: openjdk-8-jre-jamvm
Priority: extra
Section: java
Installed-Size: 1833
Maintainer: OpenJDK Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: openjdk-8
Version: 8u77-b03-3ubuntu3
Depends: openjdk-8-jre-headless (= 8u77-b03-3ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.14), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Filename: pool/main/o/openjdk-8/openjdk-8-jre-jamvm_8u77-b03-3ubuntu3_amd64.deb
Size: 481254
MD5sum: 6e353f2f6abce6dfba14f60626d81727
SHA1: cf6be8ebe9dbdb095742dd23856f6291e984a6ba
SHA256: 5599d8b3d8db477efdf4fd391835dd7efe12222a0e55e195d5b3afe90f45c6dc
Description-en: Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using JamVM
The package provides an alternative runtime using the JamVM. This is a
somewhat faster alternative than the Zero port on architectures like armel,
mips, mipsel, powerpc.
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The VM is started with the option `-jamvm'. See the README.Debian for details.
Description-md5: a3b67c2c3683232269f84a02ede3fd4b
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://openjdk.java.net/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m