


Both are also developed by Oracle, but OpenJDK has the addition of community contributions due to its open-source nature. Oracle JDK is the original version of Java and is fully maintained by Oracle, the developers of Java.īoth of these versions are officially recognized by Oracle. OpenJDK is the open-source implementation of Java and comes packaged with Ubuntu. Furthermore, there are two main installation options of Java to choose from. The JRE is used to actually execute Java programs. The JDK provides essential software tools to develop in Java, such as a compiler and debugger.

How let’s create a symbolic link for java and javac to point to this JDK: sudo update-alternatives -install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/zulu11.31.16-ca-jdk11.0.3-linux_aarch32hf/bin/java 1

Go to the Azul download page and get the download link for the latest 32bit version, download it and unpack: sudo wget This shows you if it’s Soft Float (armsf) or Hard Float (armhf) ABI. Then you’ll need to find out the architecture of your OS: dpkg -print-architecture Azul provides free builds of OpenJDK 11 that are fully compliant with the Java SE standard.įollow these steps to install OpenJDK 11 on a Raspbian/Debian/Ubuntu or similar OS:įirst create a directory for the JDK: sudo mkdir /opt/jdk
