Installing OpenJDK 9 on Fedora, Oracle & Redhat Linux

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Quick guide to download and install OpenJDK 9 on Fedora, Oracle & Redhat Linux. - OpenJDK Community Version


What is OpenJDK


OpenJDK is the short form of Open Java Development Kit similar to Oracle's Java Development Kit used to develop Java Applications. Main difference between Oracle JDK and OpenJDK is that OpenJDK is free for all while Oracle Java Development Kit or Oracle JDK requires commercial license. For more details refer openjdk vs oracle jdk


If you want to know more about OpenJDK, you can go through Open Java Development Kit Quick guide.


Note: To uninstall previously installed OpenJDK please refer Uninstall OpenJDK Windows



Step #1: Download


Go to https://jdk.java.net/archive/ and download the OpenJDK 9 tar distribution jdk-9+181_linux-x64_ri.zip. Here is the quick lik to download the OpenJDK 9 tar file jdk-9+181_linux-x64_ri.zip




Step #2: Install



To Install OpenJDK 9 Java Runtime - Enter the below command on Fedora, Oracle & Redhat Linux command line.

$ unzip openjdk-9_bin.zip

For OpenJDK 9 and Later, just download the binaries and unzip it and then set the JAVA_HOME_PATH.



Step #3: Configure / SET JAVA_HOME Path


Once the above steps are successfully completed , we need to set the "JAVA_HOME" and "PATH" environment variables. Enter the following commands to set your environment variables. Make sure that your environment variables point to a valid installation of JDK on your Fedora, Oracle & Redhat Linuxmachine.

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.9.0-openjdk-deve1


Add the JAVA bin directory to the PATH variable

export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin


This will append the java bin directory to the existing PATH variable. You can also check the PATH variable by entering the following command



Step #4: Verify


Once the OpenJDK 9 Download and installation is complete, we can verify the installed OpenJDK 9 version using below Command.



Go to Fedora, Oracle & Redhat Linux prompt and type java -version
The above command prints the OpenJDK 9 version you installed.

Java -version


openjdk version "9" xxxx-xx-xx
OpenJDK Runtime Environment xx.x (build xx+xx)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 9+xx, mixed mode)


Congratulations !!! Now you have installed OpenJDK 9 Successfully.

OpenJDK Known Issues


Note: Here is the list of OpenJDK known-issues OpenJDK Known Issues



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