I followed this guide How To Install Java with Apt-Get on Debian 8 and it specifically said that this will install OpenJDK 8, the latest and recommended version.
But I get java 7 instead.
apt list --installed | grep jdk
openjdk-7-jre/oldstable,now 7u181-2.6.14-2~deb8u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
openjdk-7-jre-headless/oldstable,now 7u181-2.6.14-2~deb8u1 amd64 [installed,automatic]
I can neither use apt-get --config java because I only have one version installed.
I looked in /etc/apt/sources.list and found that digitalocean have used their own mirrors by default, so I changed it to the default ones from debian and did apt update, but still no java 8 package available.
I would appreciate some solution to get java 8, thanks!
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Hey friend,
You may want to go over the tutorial again. I just set up a Debian 8 droplet and followed the tutorial. Java 8 was installed as a result:
The tutorial is for Oracle JDK though at that stage (default version of OpenJDK or Oracle for 8/9), not OpenJDK. If it is necessary that OpenJDK be installed over the Oracle one, you may need to install it by hand or use a newer version of Debian that may have it bundled.
Jarland