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Debian/Ubuntu Java 11 java-alternative

I upgraded my debian to bionic and I have a problem with java. It has upgraded my java to jdk11 which is causing problems with missing EE modules so I want to make jdk8 the default. I've done:

  • I've tried changing the java alternative to jdk8 and that works for /usr/bin/java but the tomcat8 script uses /usr/lib/jvm/default-java/bin/java and this is not updated with the java-alternative command.
  • I've tried uninstalling java 11 but apt keeps saying that it is not installed.

  • I've tried setting JAVA_HOME in the tomcat script but that isn't working either.

    Any help would be appreciated.

Cheers,

Neil

Solution

  • I found the solution - tomcat searches for a jvm and prefers higher numbers in the /etc/init.d/tomcat8 script. It never looks for the default java.