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Re: Trouble downgrading to OpenJdk 7 on Debian 9



Hi David,

You have to:
1. Install the Oracle JDK, using java-package
2. Set the JAVA_HOME variable in /etc/default/tomcat8. The Java
alternative is not used by Tomcat, it uses the most recent JDK available
unless JAVA_HOME is set.

Emmanuel Bourg

On 17/08/2018 02:45, David P wrote:
> We need to run Tomcat7 on JRE7 on Debian 9.
> 
> The Debian Java FAQ doesn't explain how to do this at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch3.en.html
> nor at
> https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch8.en.html
> 
> In particular, after " sudo apt-get update",  "update-java-alternatives
> --list" shows only:
> 
>     java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64       1081     
>      /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64
> 
> 
> I also tried:
> 
>     sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
>     Reading package lists... Done
>     Building dependency tree
>     Reading state information... Done
>     Package openjdk-7-jre is not available, but is referred to by
>     another package.
>     This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
>     is only available from another source
> 
>     E: Package 'openjdk-7-jre' has no installation candidate
> 
> 
> How can I downgrade to OpenJDK 7?
> 
> FWIW: uname -a
> Linux ip-10-0-0-225 4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u1
> (2018-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux
> 
> Cheers,
> David


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