How to download and install prebuilt OpenJDK packages
JDK 9 & Later
Oracle's OpenJDK JDK binaries for Windows, macOS, and Linux are
available on release-specific pages of jdk.java.net as .tar.gz or
.zip archives.
As an example, the archives for JDK 13 may be found on jdk.java.net/13 and may be extracted on the command line using
$ tar xvf openjdk-13*_bin.tar.gz
or
$ unzip openjdk-13*_bin.zip
depending on the archive type.
JDK 8
Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre
The openjdk-8-jre package contains
just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop Java
programs then please install the openjdk-8-jdk package.
Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ su -c "yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk"
The java-1.8.0-openjdk package
contains just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop
Java programs then install the java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel package.
JDK 7
Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
The openjdk-7-jre package contains
just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop Java
programs then install the openjdk-7-jdk
package.
Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ su -c "yum install java-1.7.0-openjdk"
The java-1.7.0-openjdk package
contains just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop
Java programs then install the java-1.7.0-openjdk-devel package.
JDK 6
Debian, Ubuntu, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jre
The openjdk-6-jre package contains
just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop Java
programs then install the openjdk-6-jdk
package.
Fedora, Oracle Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, etc.
On the command line, type:
$ su -c "yum install java-1.6.0-openjdk"
The java-1.6.0-openjdk package
contains just the Java Runtime Environment. If you want to develop
Java programs then install the java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel package.
BSD Port
For a list of pointers to packages of the BSD Port for DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD and OpenBSD, please see the BSD porting Project's wiki page.
