Open JDk - should I install Java

[urdrwho5]

I noticed this morning that our kitchen laptop was updating and included in the updates was Open JDK-7. I have not seen it anyplace where my 12.04 has Java installed. Firefox doesn't show it in plugins.

Do I even want or need Java?

[SecretCode]

Java is used by many (well, several) desktop apps other than browsers. For example it's required by Freemind, the mind mapping tool I use.

You could simulate removing it and see what else would be removed.

sudo apt-get remove openjdk7 -s

or something like that

[urdrwho5]

The command returned -- Unable to locate package openjdk7

Apparently I don't have Java.

Think I'll look into getting Java.

Java is used by many (well, several) desktop apps other than browsers. For example it's required by Freemind, the mind mapping tool I use.

You could simulate removing it and see what else would be removed.

sudo apt-get remove openjdk7 -s

or something like that

[SecretCode]

That's not the exact package name - you will have to do a bit of investigation - I'm not at my main machine at the moment!

[urdrwho5]

I checked it out and this is the one

sudo apt-get remove openjdk-7-jdk -s

Command returned this -

The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required:
  libsm-dev libice-dev libpthread-stubs0 x11proto-kb-dev xtrans-dev x11proto-input-dev libxt-dev libxau-dev xorg-sgml-doctools libx11-dev libx11-doc libxcb1-dev x11proto-core-dev
  libxdmcp-dev libpthread-stubs0-dev
Use 'apt-get autoremove' to remove them.
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  openjdk-7-jdk
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Remv openjdk-7-jdk [7u79-2.5.5-0ubuntu0.12.04.1]

I saw this site showing how to install Java8.

http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/...-04-12-04-lts/

That's not the exact package name - you will have to do a bit of investigation - I'm not at my main machine at the moment!