- Trying to install the recently provided deb file for jdk 11 (jdk-11.0.2_linux-x64_bin.deb) I noticed the debian alternatives config was missing
Use the above files to fix.
Copy .jdk-11.0.2.jinfo to /usr/lib/jvm/ Run bash jdk-11.0.2.jinfo.install-alternatives
Having java-common installed you can now use:
$ update-alternatives --query java
Name: java
Link: /usr/bin/java
Slaves:
java.1.gz /usr/share/man/man1/java.1.gz
Status: auto
Best: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.2/bin/java
Value: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.2/bin/java
Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11.0.2/bin/java Priority: 1200 Slaves:
Alternative: /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-jdk-amd64/jre/bin/java Priority: 318 Slaves: java.1.gz /usr/lib/jvm/oracle-java8-jdk-amd64/man/man1/java.1.gz