Thanks for the tip! So then looking at it it looks as if I have Java 11 installed. Is that correct?
apt search oracle jre ... i openjdk-11-jre - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT p openjdk-11-jre:i386 - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT p openjdk-11-jre-dcevm - Alternative VM for OpenJDK 11 with enhanced class redefinition p openjdk-11-jre-dcevm:i386 - Alternative VM for OpenJDK 11 with enhanced class redefinition i openjdk-11-jre-headless - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) p openjdk-11-jre-headless:i386 - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) p openjdk-11-jre-zero - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero p openjdk-11-jre-zero:i386 - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero p openjdk-8-jre - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT p openjdk-8-jre:i386 - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT p openjdk-8-jre-dcevm - Alternative VM for OpenJDK 8 with enhanced class redefinition p openjdk-8-jre-dcevm:i386 - Alternative VM for OpenJDK 8 with enhanced class redefinition p openjdk-8-jre-headless - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) p openjdk-8-jre-headless:i386 - OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT (headless) p openjdk-8-jre-zero - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero/Shark p openjdk-8-jre-zero:i386 - Alternative JVM for OpenJDK, using Zero/Shark p spamoracle - statistical analysis spam filter based on Bayes' formula p spamoracle:i386 - statistical analysis spam filter based on Bayes' formula v spamoracle-byte - v spamoracle-byte:i386 - On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 2:12 PM Michael Butash <[email protected]> wrote: > > OpenJDK and Oracle JRE are two very different beasts. Most java software is > developed against Oracle Java, and if so, rarely I find they ever work on > OpenJDK. > > Look up switching to "oracle jre" on your system, Java 8 as they want. I had > to figure this out on my arch system recently, ubuntu should just have to > install it, and switch the system to use it, just forget how now. If nothing > else, start with "apt search oracle jre". > > Nothing Java ever amounts to any good I've found after ~20 years of it, I try > to use Java as little as possible, scorning any software and hardware (ahem, > Cisco) that uses it still. Anything Java behaves badly under linux for me, > and the only thing java app I suffer is JBidwatcher for ebay sniping deals. > It behaves badly, randomly, but still the only darn thing I can find like it > free. > > -mb > > > On Mon, May 4, 2020 at 9:50 AM Michael via PLUG-discuss > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I want to download a program, ImageJ. I went to the download page and see: >> >> Unfortunately, due to the ongoing transition from Java 6 to Java 8, >> this download of "plain ImageJ2" cannot currently be updated to the >> latest Java-8-compatible version. See the Java 8 page for details. For >> the time being, we recommend using the Fiji distribution of ImageJ to >> stay current with updates. >> >> Curious as to what version of Java I have.... >> >> ~$ java -version >> openjdk version "11.0.7" 2020-04-14 >> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-2ubuntu218.04) >> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.7+10-post-Ubuntu-2ubuntu218.04, >> mixed mode, sharing) >> >> So they are a bit behind? >> -- >> :-)~MIKE~(-: >> --------------------------------------------------- >> PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] >> To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: >> https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- :-)~MIKE~(-: --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: https://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
