Java 1.8 anyone?

[Andrew Hughes]

On 4 September 2017 at 15:25, Alan Rockall <alan at sybernet.ie> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to find out if there is a package anywhere that I can use to
> upgrade from Java 1.6 to Java 1.8.
>
> The hardware is PowerPC. The OS is Debian Squeeze and the current version of
> Java is 1.6 (IcedTea6 1.8.13). The platform is actually a PIKA Warp
> platform.

The first thing to do is upgrade to a supported version of Debian. Support for
Squeeze ceased in Feburary 2016. Support for OpenJDK 6 / IcedTea 1.x ceased
this January.

You will need at least "Jessie" (two versions up) to obtain OpenJDK 8 via the
jessie-backports repository:

https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=openjdk-8

Ideally, you should update to Stretch, the current supported version.

>
> My big issue is a requirement for TLS1.2 support in Java. The platform
> provider Pika are not able to help. Can anyone?
>

This requires at least OpenJDK 7, which you'll need at least Wheezy for.

https://packages.debian.org/search?searchon=names&keywords=openjdk-7

Squeeze was released before OpenJDK 7.
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