UPDate 2023-11-13 and JAVA: Correct sequence?

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I’ve seen the hint from @philm here and as well the one from @Mirdarthos but I don’t find any information about the sequence: :

  • UPdate first, then in case of a conflicct pacman -Syu jdk-openjdk
    OR
  • pacman -Syu jdk-openjdk first, after that the UPdate?

My JAVA-status:

$ pamac search --installed jdk                            
openjdk8-src  8.392.u08-1                                       extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 sources
openjdk8-doc  8.392.u08-1                                       extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 documentation
jre-openjdk-headless  21.u35-3                                  extra
    OpenJDK Java 21 headless runtime environment
jre-openjdk  21.u35-3                                           extra
    OpenJDK Java 21 full runtime environment
jre8-openjdk-headless  8.392.u08-1                              extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 headless runtime environment
jre8-openjdk  8.392.u08-1                                       extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 full runtime environment
jre11-openjdk-headless  11.0.21.u9-2                            extra
    OpenJDK Java 11 headless runtime environment
jre11-openjdk  11.0.21.u9-2                                     extra
    OpenJDK Java 11 full runtime environment
jdk8-openjdk  8.392.u08-1                                       extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 development kit
jdk11-openjdk  11.0.21.u9-2                                     extra
    OpenJDK Java 11 development kit

$ pamac search --installed jre
jre8-openjdk-headless  8.392.u08-1                              extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 headless runtime environment
jre8-openjdk  8.392.u08-1                                       extra
    OpenJDK Java 8 full runtime environment
jre11-openjdk-headless  11.0.21.u9-2                            extra
    OpenJDK Java 11 headless runtime environment
jre11-openjdk  11.0.21.u9-2                                     extra
    OpenJDK Java 11 full runtime environment
jre-openjdk-headless  21.u35-3                                  extra
    OpenJDK Java 21 headless runtime environment
jre-openjdk  21.u35-3                                           extra
    OpenJDK Java 21 full runtime environment
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I’m in no way an expert, nor have I ever claimed to be and neither do I really know anything about java*…stuff. But from what I could tell, if you have them both installed, as you seem to have, uninstall 'em, do the update, and then reinstall again. And no, sadly I don’t know if you have to reinstall jdk-, jre- or both.

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Either of these methods should achieve your goal:

sudo pacman -Sy jdk-openjdk
# Note: Answer 'Y' (Yes) to remove any conflicting packages
sudo pacman -Syu

… or, using Pamac:

pamac install jdk-openjdk --no-upgrade; pamac update --no-aur

I hope this helps.

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Thank you @soundofthunder.
BUT: Run this command prior to the UPdate OR after that?

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In both of those cases, the update is also performed.
So, this is arguably all that needs to be done, unless another issue occurs.

Only use one method, not both; The sudo pacman... commands are preferred.

I know everything I need to know, about Java …

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Yeah, myself:

In the context of software, well, let’s just say it’s there, and I know it’s there.

In a personal context:

Well, to be honest, the best thing to happen to mankind and the second-best thing to happen to me.

:wink:

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This change only concers JDK/JRE 21, so versions 17, 11 and 8 need no intervention.

I see you have only JRE21 installed, so:

sudo pacman -Rdd jre-openjdk-headless jre-openjdk
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -S jre-openjdk

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