How can I upgrade to Java 1.8 on an Amazon Linux Server?

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I tried sudo yum update but it just keeps java "1.7.0_75". I need 1.8 for it to work with another application but can't figure out how to upgrade it.
Do I need to manually install it somehow? There's not much information on this on the internet as far as I can see.
Specs:

java version "1.7.0_75"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (amzn-2.5.4.0.53.amzn1-x86_64 u75-b13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.75-b04, mixed mode)

When I try update now:

[ec2-________]$ sudo yum update
Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper
amzn-main/latest                                         | 2.1 kB     00:00
amzn-updates/latest                                      | 2.3 kB     00:00
No packages marked for update

Is there anything else I need to do?
Thanks.

David Levesque · Accepted Answer · 2016-05-09T14:40:24.837

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To remove java 1.7 and install java 1.8:

sudo yum install java-1.8.0
sudo yum remove java-1.7.0-openjdk

edited May 09 '16 at 14:40

answered Feb 03 '15 at 15:53

David Levesque

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This is correct, thank you. I'm new to this as you can see. – K_dar Feb 03 '15 at 16:30
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Changed the order of installation so that it doesn't remove the aws-apitools. – David Levesque May 09 '16 at 14:41
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Note this will only install the Java Runtime. – johnnieb Jan 28 '17 at 18:35
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@johnnieb you can get the full JDK with this: yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel.x86_64 – orange80 May 17 '17 at 05:09
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@orange80 I believe the command is `yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel -y` – johnnieb May 17 '17 at 16:23
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@johnnieb the only difference is that your command will make the installer assume yes responses. Not always a good approach. – Barry Chapman Aug 16 '18 at 20:39
This worked perfectly well for Amazon EC2 Instances and i was looking for that only. – Ankur Srivastava Sep 21 '19 at 05:09

score 153 · Answer 2 · edited Oct 13 '16 at 14:53

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Install Java Runtime 1.8

sudo yum install java-1.8.0

or if you need a java compiler and other developer tools:

sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-devel

Then use the alternatives command to make Java 1.8 the default.

sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java
sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config javac
# etc

If you prefer you can remove Java 1.7 with

sudo yum remove java-1.7.0-openjdk

but remove it after you installed Java 1.8 or the aws-apitools will also be removed as they depend on Java on being installed.

edited Oct 13 '16 at 14:53

Phil

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answered Oct 07 '15 at 07:33

Will Humphreys

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This is the most correct answer. If you follow the accepted answer you will lose aws-apitools. – Lionel Port Mar 23 '16 at 23:01
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+1 for sudo /usr/sbin/alternatives --config java – Sanjay Verma Jul 17 '16 at 06:51
I have found some other packages to depend on Java 1.7.0 even though they work with Java 1.8.0, so it might be better to keep the original packages installed. – ingomueller.net Sep 03 '20 at 12:22

score 5 · Answer 3 · answered Oct 24 '18 at 21:49

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yum install java-1.8.0 -y
/usr/sbin/alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java
/usr/sbin/alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/javac
yum remove java-1.7.0-openjdk

answered Oct 24 '18 at 21:49

TechDawg270

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