OpenJDK 8 on CentOS 7

[Deepak Bhole]

* Arun Gupta <arun.gupta at gmail.com> [2014-11-28 12:58]:
> How do I install OpenJDK 8 on CentOS ?
> 
> It seems like its not available there yet:
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/23916812/openjdk-1-8-package-for-centos-6-5/26919146?noredirect=1#comment42823587_26919146
> 
> Any suggestions ?
> 

OpenJDK8 is not part of RHEL 7.0 and consequently not in CentOS 7.0.

AFAIK it will have to be built manually if it is wanted there. If RPM is
needed, you can try building the 6.6 SRPM on 7, though some changes may
be needed.

Deepak

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