Install Open JDK on WSL

Raymond Raymond visibility 50,109 event 2021-02-02 access_time 3 years ago language English

This article provides detailed steps to install Java Development Kit (JDK) on WSL. 

Step by step guide

The following steps are performed on a Debian WSL distro. You can apply similar steps on other distros like openSUSE, Ubuntu, etc.

infoThe following steps install OpenJDK 8; you can also install other compatible versions. 
  1.  Run the following command to update package index:
    sudo apt update
  2. Check whether Java is installed already:
    java --version

    The command will output the following text if Java is not installed yet: -bash: java: command not found.

  3. Install OpenJDK via the following command:
    sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

    Type Y to continue when asked. 

    Wait until the installation is completed.

  4. Check the version again:
    ~$ java -version
    openjdk version "1.8.0_275"
    OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_275-8u275-b01-1~deb9u1-b01)
    OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.275-b01, mixed mode)

Configure JAVA_HOME

Configure JAVA_HOME environment variable is optional but I highly recommend it especially if you want to install Hadoop, Spark, Hive, HBase or any other Java based frameworks. 

To do this, we need to find out where JDK is installed:

$ readlink -f $(which java)
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java
As printed out, JDK is installed in folder /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64.
Run the following command to edit .bashrc file:
vi ~/.bashrc
Add the following line to the content:

export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64

Save the file and then run the following command:

source ~/.bashrc

Run the following command to make sure it is effective:

~$ echo $JAVA_HOME
/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64
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Raymond Raymond access_time 2 years ago more_vert
#1592 Re: Install Open JDK on WSL

Thanks Brian. If you also need to build/compile Java projects, you can also install Maven or other similar tools in WSL: Install Maven on WSL

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person brian access_time 2 years ago
Re: Install Open JDK on WSL

excellent step by step.

I'm now attempting the next step of running Java

B brian access_time 2 years ago more_vert
#1591 Re: Install Open JDK on WSL

excellent step by step.

I'm now attempting the next step of running Java

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