How to uninstall java on Linux Mint 12
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Today, I downloaded the latest java jre
which is a .bin file
By mistake, I installed it on my desktop by running ./jre
. I want to remove this installation, move the .bin file to somewhere else and install it again
I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge jre
gives
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'jre' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
Note: I can't use synaptic package manager, here's why, so I have to do everything from the terminal until the problem gets fixed.
The folder where the JRE is located is called jre.
Edit: @stew
just installed java jre
sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
it's the latest version. so i just have now to remove the .bin file and the extracted jre folder, would your method still works?
Why to use open jdk over jre?
apt software-installation linux-mint java
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Today, I downloaded the latest java jre
which is a .bin file
By mistake, I installed it on my desktop by running ./jre
. I want to remove this installation, move the .bin file to somewhere else and install it again
I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge jre
gives
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'jre' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
Note: I can't use synaptic package manager, here's why, so I have to do everything from the terminal until the problem gets fixed.
The folder where the JRE is located is called jre.
Edit: @stew
just installed java jre
sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
it's the latest version. so i just have now to remove the .bin file and the extracted jre folder, would your method still works?
Why to use open jdk over jre?
apt software-installation linux-mint java
add a comment |
Today, I downloaded the latest java jre
which is a .bin file
By mistake, I installed it on my desktop by running ./jre
. I want to remove this installation, move the .bin file to somewhere else and install it again
I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge jre
gives
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'jre' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
Note: I can't use synaptic package manager, here's why, so I have to do everything from the terminal until the problem gets fixed.
The folder where the JRE is located is called jre.
Edit: @stew
just installed java jre
sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
it's the latest version. so i just have now to remove the .bin file and the extracted jre folder, would your method still works?
Why to use open jdk over jre?
apt software-installation linux-mint java
Today, I downloaded the latest java jre
which is a .bin file
By mistake, I installed it on my desktop by running ./jre
. I want to remove this installation, move the .bin file to somewhere else and install it again
I tried sudo apt-get remove --purge jre
gives
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Virtual packages like 'jre' can't be removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 19 not upgraded.
Note: I can't use synaptic package manager, here's why, so I have to do everything from the terminal until the problem gets fixed.
The folder where the JRE is located is called jre.
Edit: @stew
just installed java jre
sudo echo 'deb http://www.duinsoft.nl/pkg debs all' >> /etc/apt/sources.list
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 5CB26B26
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install update-sun-jre
it's the latest version. so i just have now to remove the .bin file and the extracted jre folder, would your method still works?
Why to use open jdk over jre?
apt software-installation linux-mint java
apt software-installation linux-mint java
edited Mar 9 at 14:33
Rui F Ribeiro
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asked Feb 16 '12 at 22:30
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I would first off discourage you from not using one of the java packages provided by mint unless you really need the oracle java instead of openjdk.
I'd recommend you install your java .bin
file before removing the packaged versions of java. After it is installed, you should use the equivs
package in order to create a dummy .deb
file you can install which will tell your package manager that you have a java-runtime. This dummy package should declare it Provides the following packages: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime java-compiler java-sdk java2-sdk java5-sdk java6-sdk
and if it is java 7, then also java7-runtime java7-sdk
. By doing this, you will be able to still install packages depending on a java runtime using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/whatever.
Find help on equivs
here and here
Then you can remove all of the various -jre (such as openjdk-7-jre) packages will declare Provides: java-runtime
, and all the various -jdk packages will declare Provides java-compiler
, so you can get rid of all these packaged versions with:
aptitude remove '~Pjava-runtime' '~Pjava-compiler'
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
add a comment |
A quick test with the .bin
file obtained from http://jdk6.java.net/download.html shows that it unpacks to a new directory jre1.6.0_32
(this might vary) current directory; hence, removing the directory should work.
As for apt-get not being able to remove it, because you installed from the .bin
file, the install is not tracked by the package management system (apt/dpkg), thus apt-get will not solve your problem.
Finally, software installed from .bin
files or from sources other than the package management system is put in /opt
. This is not a standard set in stone, but is what the FHS proposes.
add a comment |
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I would first off discourage you from not using one of the java packages provided by mint unless you really need the oracle java instead of openjdk.
I'd recommend you install your java .bin
file before removing the packaged versions of java. After it is installed, you should use the equivs
package in order to create a dummy .deb
file you can install which will tell your package manager that you have a java-runtime. This dummy package should declare it Provides the following packages: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime java-compiler java-sdk java2-sdk java5-sdk java6-sdk
and if it is java 7, then also java7-runtime java7-sdk
. By doing this, you will be able to still install packages depending on a java runtime using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/whatever.
Find help on equivs
here and here
Then you can remove all of the various -jre (such as openjdk-7-jre) packages will declare Provides: java-runtime
, and all the various -jdk packages will declare Provides java-compiler
, so you can get rid of all these packaged versions with:
aptitude remove '~Pjava-runtime' '~Pjava-compiler'
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
add a comment |
I would first off discourage you from not using one of the java packages provided by mint unless you really need the oracle java instead of openjdk.
I'd recommend you install your java .bin
file before removing the packaged versions of java. After it is installed, you should use the equivs
package in order to create a dummy .deb
file you can install which will tell your package manager that you have a java-runtime. This dummy package should declare it Provides the following packages: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime java-compiler java-sdk java2-sdk java5-sdk java6-sdk
and if it is java 7, then also java7-runtime java7-sdk
. By doing this, you will be able to still install packages depending on a java runtime using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/whatever.
Find help on equivs
here and here
Then you can remove all of the various -jre (such as openjdk-7-jre) packages will declare Provides: java-runtime
, and all the various -jdk packages will declare Provides java-compiler
, so you can get rid of all these packaged versions with:
aptitude remove '~Pjava-runtime' '~Pjava-compiler'
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
add a comment |
I would first off discourage you from not using one of the java packages provided by mint unless you really need the oracle java instead of openjdk.
I'd recommend you install your java .bin
file before removing the packaged versions of java. After it is installed, you should use the equivs
package in order to create a dummy .deb
file you can install which will tell your package manager that you have a java-runtime. This dummy package should declare it Provides the following packages: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime java-compiler java-sdk java2-sdk java5-sdk java6-sdk
and if it is java 7, then also java7-runtime java7-sdk
. By doing this, you will be able to still install packages depending on a java runtime using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/whatever.
Find help on equivs
here and here
Then you can remove all of the various -jre (such as openjdk-7-jre) packages will declare Provides: java-runtime
, and all the various -jdk packages will declare Provides java-compiler
, so you can get rid of all these packaged versions with:
aptitude remove '~Pjava-runtime' '~Pjava-compiler'
I would first off discourage you from not using one of the java packages provided by mint unless you really need the oracle java instead of openjdk.
I'd recommend you install your java .bin
file before removing the packaged versions of java. After it is installed, you should use the equivs
package in order to create a dummy .deb
file you can install which will tell your package manager that you have a java-runtime. This dummy package should declare it Provides the following packages: java-runtime, java2-runtime, java5-runtime, java6-runtime java-compiler java-sdk java2-sdk java5-sdk java6-sdk
and if it is java 7, then also java7-runtime java7-sdk
. By doing this, you will be able to still install packages depending on a java runtime using apt-get/aptitude/synaptic/whatever.
Find help on equivs
here and here
Then you can remove all of the various -jre (such as openjdk-7-jre) packages will declare Provides: java-runtime
, and all the various -jdk packages will declare Provides java-compiler
, so you can get rid of all these packaged versions with:
aptitude remove '~Pjava-runtime' '~Pjava-compiler'
answered Feb 17 '12 at 12:27
stewstew
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please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
add a comment |
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
please read my edit
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 0:00
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
issue fixed i guess, when i installed java, i then was able to delete the .bin file :)
– Lynob
Feb 18 '12 at 9:37
add a comment |
A quick test with the .bin
file obtained from http://jdk6.java.net/download.html shows that it unpacks to a new directory jre1.6.0_32
(this might vary) current directory; hence, removing the directory should work.
As for apt-get not being able to remove it, because you installed from the .bin
file, the install is not tracked by the package management system (apt/dpkg), thus apt-get will not solve your problem.
Finally, software installed from .bin
files or from sources other than the package management system is put in /opt
. This is not a standard set in stone, but is what the FHS proposes.
add a comment |
A quick test with the .bin
file obtained from http://jdk6.java.net/download.html shows that it unpacks to a new directory jre1.6.0_32
(this might vary) current directory; hence, removing the directory should work.
As for apt-get not being able to remove it, because you installed from the .bin
file, the install is not tracked by the package management system (apt/dpkg), thus apt-get will not solve your problem.
Finally, software installed from .bin
files or from sources other than the package management system is put in /opt
. This is not a standard set in stone, but is what the FHS proposes.
add a comment |
A quick test with the .bin
file obtained from http://jdk6.java.net/download.html shows that it unpacks to a new directory jre1.6.0_32
(this might vary) current directory; hence, removing the directory should work.
As for apt-get not being able to remove it, because you installed from the .bin
file, the install is not tracked by the package management system (apt/dpkg), thus apt-get will not solve your problem.
Finally, software installed from .bin
files or from sources other than the package management system is put in /opt
. This is not a standard set in stone, but is what the FHS proposes.
A quick test with the .bin
file obtained from http://jdk6.java.net/download.html shows that it unpacks to a new directory jre1.6.0_32
(this might vary) current directory; hence, removing the directory should work.
As for apt-get not being able to remove it, because you installed from the .bin
file, the install is not tracked by the package management system (apt/dpkg), thus apt-get will not solve your problem.
Finally, software installed from .bin
files or from sources other than the package management system is put in /opt
. This is not a standard set in stone, but is what the FHS proposes.
answered Feb 17 '12 at 3:03
RenanRenan
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