You should also understand that developers are not following the same rhythm. Here is a summary of the Java version history : Version Release date Java 8 March 2014 Java 9 September 2017 Java 10 March 2018 Java 11 September 2018 Java 12 March 2019 Java 13 September 2019 Java 14 March 2020Īs always with Debian / Raspberry Pi OS, recent versions are not available in the repository.Ĭurrently, Raspberry Pi OS Buster includes OpenJDK11 (and a few older versions). Java was updated to a new major version almost every 6 months recently. As with most software and programming language, there are regularly new versions available There is no release or sources available for the ARM architecture for the commercial version. On Raspberry Pi, you’ll find only have access to the OpenJDK version. You will probably need more information to understand all the story, but for now just remember that it’s complicated and you have two different products available.
You can learn more here if you are interested. OpenJDK is till available under GNU GPL, but the Oracle version is now a commercial product, free for a personal use but a paid service for a commercial use. Currently, there are two Java versions available : Java SE and OpenJDK.
