Hi David, You have to: 1. Install the Oracle JDK, using java-package 2. Set the JAVA_HOME variable in /etc/default/tomcat8. The Java alternative is not used by Tomcat, it uses the most recent JDK available unless JAVA_HOME is set.
Emmanuel Bourg On 17/08/2018 02:45, David P wrote: > We need to run Tomcat7 on JRE7 on Debian 9. > > The Debian Java FAQ doesn't explain how to do this at > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch3.en.html > nor at > https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-java-faq/ch8.en.html > > In particular, after " sudo apt-get update", "update-java-alternatives > --list" shows only: > > java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 1081 > /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.8.0-openjdk-amd64 > > > I also tried: > > sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree > Reading state information... Done > Package openjdk-7-jre is not available, but is referred to by > another package. > This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or > is only available from another source > > E: Package 'openjdk-7-jre' has no installation candidate > > > How can I downgrade to OpenJDK 7? > > FWIW: uname -a > Linux ip-10-0-0-225 4.9.0-7-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.9.110-3+deb9u1 > (2018-08-03) x86_64 GNU/Linux > > Cheers, > David
