Is installing openjdk-21-jdk on Debian 12 from jdk.java.net .deb safe, if its openjdk-21 package looks not working on Debian tracker?
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Because Java 25 LTS is coming soon (September 2025) and I've not even yet installed Java JDK 21 LTS (September 2023), I've attempted to do so with a
sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk
on my Debian 12. But it failed with a package not found
message.
Its package isn't available yet on Debian 12: [openjdk-21](https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openjdk-21) (except on sid
).
I'm considering downloading it from [https://jdk.java.net/archive/](https://jdk.java.net/archive/) as a tar.gz
of 21.0.2 (build 21.0.2+13)
version (at the cost of forgetting apt
commands to handle Java, and writing on my agenda to check manually for updates there)
But I'm fearing this:
Won't the .deb
included in this .tar.gz
break my system if I attempt to install it,
if the dedicated openjdk-21-jdk
package for Debian 12 cannot be created for years?
Asked by Marc Le Bihan
(2353 rep)
Apr 20, 2025, 01:55 AM
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