I had no java (i.e. java -version said java no found or similar)
I installed it like this:
sudo apt-get install default-jre
This results in installing java 1.6 - I need java 1.7
So the next probelem is how to uninstall it.
I tried this:
sudo apt-get --purge -remove default-jre
Which seemed to work, but when I do:
java -version
I still java respond with 1.6 - i.e. id didnt uninstall java.
Ok, so I guess -remove does not remove the thing it installed. Is there a way to o this?
sudo apt-get remove default-jre
removes the package "default-jre". all tho you should ask in askUbuntu
To completely remove jdk from your system, follow these below steps:
- Type
sudo apt-get autoremove default-jdk openjdk-
(Don't hit Enter
right now).
- Now press
tab
button for 2 or 3 times, you will get list of packages
starting with openjdk-
.
- Look for name like
openjdk-11-jdk
. You need to get java version,
here is 11.
- Now complete your command to
sudo apt-get autoremove default-jdk
openjdk-11-jdk
. (Change 11 to your java version)
- And Hit
Enter
button.
Now you have done removing java from your system.
Bary12's answer worked for me:
sudo apt-get autoremove default-jre
You can remove Java 12 using this command--
sudo apt-get remove oracle-java12-installer
you can change the version by changing the 12 to the version present on your computer
then recheck by finding version -
java -version