Copies of past Debian packages are available at http://snapshot.debian.org/

You can search there for openjdk-8. The last available version is 8u322-b06-1~deb9u1, logged at http://snapshot.debian.org/package/openjdk-8/8u322-b06-1%7Edeb9u1/ You can download the binary packages (.deb) for your architecture and install with sudo dpkg -i *.deb.

Whether it works or not depends on the library versions that it was built against. 8u312-b07-1 (and other older versions) is also available.

Alternatively you can access the Debian tracking page for the package at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openjdk-8. openjdk-8 is still listed there as available for unstable (as version 8u312-b07-1). If you click on the links for the binary packages, they will lead you to download links for the deb packages.

snapshot.debian.org is arguably simpler for ad-hoc downloading since it has the deb files in one place (the debian package repository finds them in http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openjdk-8/ or its mirror sites)

snapshot.debian.org also suggests instructions for configuring sources.list. But if the package is not likely to be updated often then it might be simpler to just download the deb files manually.

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June 21, 2023 -

I recently upgraded my Debian version to the shiny new Debian 12, and I'm currently facing a small hiccup while trying to install OpenJDK-11. I'm aware that the apt install default-jdk command usually does the trick, but in this case, it installs version 17 of OpenJDK. Unfortunately, I specifically need JDK 11 for my project.

I successfully used apt install default-jdk in Debian 11 without any issues, so I'm wondering if there have been any changes in Debian 12 that require a different approach for installing OpenJDK-11. I'd greatly appreciate it if anyone could kindly guide me through the correct steps to install OpenJDK-11 on Debian 12.

Thank you in advance for your time and assistance!

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Looks like 11 was removed from bookworm. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=OpenJdk-11&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all You can install the version from bullseye somewhat manually, though that is generally not recommended, but I prefer doing that over installing from source. You could try grabbing individual debs from the website, or include the bullseye repo and see what happens. I don't know if there are incompatibilities that will force you to use a flatpack or other packaging system to keep things separate.
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Its removed in bookworm but its in unstable as well as in oldstable. For using in bookworm i would pull it from unstable, eg. add unstable to the sources.list and pin it down https://packages.debian.org/openjdk-11
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Looks like 11 was removed from bookworm. https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=OpenJdk-11&searchon=names&suite=all§ion=all You can install the version from bullseye somewhat manually, though that is generally not recommended, but I prefer doing that over installing from source. You could try grabbing individual debs from the website, or include the bullseye repo and see what happens. I don't know if there are incompatibilities that will force you to use a flatpack or other packaging system to keep things separate. More on reddit.com
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Copies of past Debian packages are available at http://snapshot.debian.org/

You can search there for openjdk-8. The last available version is 8u322-b06-1~deb9u1, logged at http://snapshot.debian.org/package/openjdk-8/8u322-b06-1%7Edeb9u1/ You can download the binary packages (.deb) for your architecture and install with sudo dpkg -i *.deb.

Whether it works or not depends on the library versions that it was built against. 8u312-b07-1 (and other older versions) is also available.

Alternatively you can access the Debian tracking page for the package at https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/openjdk-8. openjdk-8 is still listed there as available for unstable (as version 8u312-b07-1). If you click on the links for the binary packages, they will lead you to download links for the deb packages.

snapshot.debian.org is arguably simpler for ad-hoc downloading since it has the deb files in one place (the debian package repository finds them in http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/o/openjdk-8/ or its mirror sites)

snapshot.debian.org also suggests instructions for configuring sources.list. But if the package is not likely to be updated often then it might be simpler to just download the deb files manually.

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