Sdkman-cli: Question: How to install openjdk-8

[cmoulliard]

Question

Is it still possible to install old openjdk (e.g. openjdk-8) versions as sdk list java dont show it anymore ?

 Java.net      |     | 17.ea.1      | open    |            | 17.ea.1-open
               |     | 16.ea.28     | open    |            | 16.ea.28-open
               |     | 16.ea.9.lm   | open    |            | 16.ea.9.lm-open
               |     | 16.ea.3.pma  | open    |            | 16.ea.3.pma-open
               |     | 15.0.1       | open    |            | 15.0.1-open
               |     | 14.0.2       | open    |            | 14.0.2-open
               |     | 13.0.2       | open    |            | 13.0.2-open
               |     | 12.0.2       | open    |            | 12.0.2-open
               | >>> | 11.0.2       | open    | installed  | 11.0.2-open
               |     | 10.0.2       | open    |            | 10.0.2-open
               |     | 9.0.4        | open    | installed  | 9.0.4-open

[helpermethod]

On Windows and 64-Bit Linux it should still be possible to install openjdk-8 by issuing the following command

sdk install java 8.0.265-open

There is an ongoing task to make older versions available indefinitely.

[cmoulliard]

In the meantime I installed the AdoptOpenJDK release sdk install java 8.0.275.hs-adpt

[marc0der]

It is recommended to use AdoptOpenJDK for Open JDK, as the Java.net releases are more focused on bleeding edge releases and don't give much attention to updating their older builds.

[LexxFade]

if you're on arch linux, type sudo pacman -S jdk8-openjdk on your terminal