App throwing error at startup looking specifically for java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64. Environment is Ubuntu1604. Java java-8-openjdk-i386 is already installed , but need the amd64 and then use it as an alternate. Where can I source amd64 tar file ? Have ran "sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk". thx
2/6/21 current status - have not being able to install Java 8 AMD64.
Hi there, I tried :
sudo tar xvf jdk-8u291-linux-x64.tar.gz --directory /usr/lib/jvm/
and this installed to /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_291.
However I was expecting /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 folder structure.
Whats currently installed is:
ubuadmin@ubu1604OAEdd:/usr/lib/jvm$ ls -lrta
total 24
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 23 Feb 25 2016 default-java -> java-1.8.0-openjdk-i386
drwxr-xr-x 8 10143 10143 4096 Apr 7 20:26 jdk1.8.0_291
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2716 Apr 21 17:10 .java-1.8.0-openjdk-i386.jinfo
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 19 Apr 21 17:10 java-1.8.0-openjdk-i386 -> java-8-openjdk-i386
drwxr-xr-x 8 root root 4096 Jun 1 23:17 java-8-openjdk-i386
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Jun 1 23:17 openjdk-8
drwxr-xr-x 69 root root 4096 Jun 1 23:43 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Jun 2 09:26 .
ubuadmin@ubu1604OAEdd:/usr/lib/jvm$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_292"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_292-8u292-b10-0ubuntu1~16.04.1-b10)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 25.292-b10, mixed mode)
ubuadmin@ubu1604OAEdd:/usr/lib/jvm$
ubuadmin@ubu1604OAEdd:/usr/lib/jvm$ sudo update-alternatives --config java
There is only one alternative in link group java (providing /usr/bin/java): /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-i386/jre/bin/java
Nothing to configure.
ubuadmin@ubu1604OAEdd:/usr/lib/jvm$
How can I complete the install. The app I'm trying to use is looking for : /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
Answering your question as-is - you can find links to all jdk implementations on jdk.dev . But you'll have to extract jdk and add bin directory to PATH by yourself
As for updating alternatives it's a question for askubuntu.com, but I believe, that you should do install before updating.
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_291/bin/java" 1