Checking java runtime version

Java (JRE/JDK) – Check version installed

Firts of all, for end-users, they need to install JRE to run the Java program, and the JDK is for developers. For the production environment, the deployment team only need to install JRE to run the Java program. However, developers often request to install the JDK, instead of the standalone JRE on the production server, because the JDK contains JRE and also extra tools to monitor and debug the running Java program.

The Java development kit (JDK) contains tools for Java development, and the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains a JVM to convert byte code .class to machine code, and execute it, in short, the JRE runs Java program.

Check JDK Version

A common way to check JDK version is by using the following simple command to find out the version of the installed JDK. In the below example, the JDK version is 11.0.7:

Check JRE Version

Similarly, we can use java -version to find out the version of the installed JRE. In the below example, the JRE version is 1.8.0_252:

$ java -version openjdk version "1.8.0_252" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_252-8u252-b09-1~19.10-b09) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.252-b09, mixed mode)

The JDK and JRE versions can be different on the same computer. Multiple JDK and JRE versions are allowed on the same computer; it is better to find out which version is configured in the system classpath to run or compile the Java program.

Where JDK is installed?

On Ubuntu or Linux system, we can use which javac to find out where JDK is installed:

$ which javac /usr/bin/javac $ ls -lsah /usr/bin/javac /usr/bin/javac -> /etc/alternatives/javac $ ls -lsah /etc/alternatives/javac /etc/alternatives/javac -> /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/bin/javac $ cd /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/bin/ $ ./javac -version javac 11.0.7

In the above example, the JDK is installed at /usr/lib/jvm/adoptopenjdk-11-hotspot-amd64/.

In addition, we can use Linux apt package manager (Debian/Ubuntu systems) to get info about installed Java:

sudo apt list --installed | grep -i openjdk

We can also list all installed packages and filter for Java using the dpkg command:

And below on RedHat/CentOS systems (obviously the java -version approach is still valid):

rpm -qi openjdk OR yum info "openjdk" OR yum list installed | grep -i openjdk

On Microsoft Windows, we can use dir /b /s javac.exe to find out where JDK is installed.

Microsoft Windows [Version 10.0.18362.900] (c) 2019 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\>dir /b /s javac.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath\javac.exe C:\Program Files\Common Files\Oracle\Java\javapath_target_52887656\javac.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.12\bin\javac.exe C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_271\bin\javac.exe

Or, alternatively, using Powershell:

Get-Childitem –Path C:\ -Include javac.exe -Recurse -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue

Check Java Version in Windows 10 (GUI)

You can get the version number of Java installed on your computer if you enter java in Windows 10 search box and run Java applet.

In About Java window, the current JRE version is specified. In this case, it is Java Version 8 Update 261 (build 1.8.0_261-b12). Note the value of the JRE build. All Java versions have 1 at the beginning followed by the number of major JRE version (it is 8 in this case) and the update number.

We can also check the current Java version in Windows Program and Features (Win+R -> appwiz.cpl).

Check Java Version using PowerShell

You can check Java version installed on your computer using PowerShell. You can just check the version of the executable file java.exe (the path to it is set in the environment variables when JRE SE is installed on your computer). Display the java file version:

Get-Command Java | Select-Object Version

We can view detailed information about Java version, update and release number:

Get-Command java | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version Major Minor Build Revision ----- ----- ----- -------- 8 0 2610 12

If we want to get a string value of your Java JRE version to be used in scripts, use the command:

(Get-Command java | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version).tostring()

If we want to specifically be sureabout the JDK version installed on the system, we can use the following Powershell command targeting the Java compiler, javac.exe:

(Get-Command javac | Select-Object -ExpandProperty Version).tostring()

We can also find out your Java version using WMI class Win32_Product (contains the list of installed programs in Windows):

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name like '%Java%'"

The IDs may be used later to correctly uninstall JRE.

If you want to display only Java version without Java Auto Updater, use the following command:

Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -Filter "Name like '%Java%' and not Name like '%Java Auto Updater%'" | Select -Expand Version

Finally, we can dig directly into the Windows Registry, using Powershell, to get the actual installed version of both JRE and JDK packages with the following two commands:

dir "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Runtime Environment" | select -ExpandProperty pschildname -Last 1 dir "HKLM:\SOFTWARE\JavaSoft\Java Development Kit" | select -ExpandProperty pschildname -Last 1

Check Java Version on Remote Computers (Powershell)

If we want to get Java versions used on all computers or servers in your domain, you can use the following PowerShell script. The script can get the information from all servers remotely according to the list you enter manually or from a text file. You can also get the list of servers or computers in AD using the Get-ADComputer cmdlet from the RSAT-AD-PowerShell module.

# Check Java version against the list of servers in a text file #$computers=Get-content C:\PS\ServerList.txt # To get Java version on all Windows Servers in AD domain $computers = ((get-adcomputer -Filter < enabled -eq “true” -and OperatingSystem -Like ‘*Windows Server*’ >).name).tostring() Get-WmiObject -Class Win32_Product -ComputerName $computers -Filter “Name like ‘%Java%’ and not Name like ‘%Java Auto Updater%'” | Select __Server, Version

An additional, similar, way to get Java version info from remote systems, by using Powershell, is the following Invoke-Command approach:

$Servers = Get-Content 'C:\Server.txt' $ServersNotAvailable = @() $JavaVersion = < function GetJavaVersion() < Try < $ret = java -version 2>&1 | Select-String "version" | select @>,@> return $ret > Catch < $Prop = [ordered]@New-Object -TypeName psobject -Property $Prop > > GetJavaVersion > foreach($Server in $Servers) < $TestCon = Test-Connection -ComputerName $Server -Count 1 -Quiet if($TestCon) < Invoke-Command -ComputerName $Server -ScriptBlock $javaversion | Select Server,JavaVersion >else < $ServersNotAvailable = $Server + "," + $ServersNotAvailable >> ### Below is list of servers which are not available over the network or not pingable Write-Host "`nServers Not reachable over Network" -ForegroundColor Green $ServersNotAvailable

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Checking the Client JRE Software Version

There are many reasons to check if a particular version of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) software is available on a client machine. For example, you might want to launch a different version of your rich Internet application (RIA) or redirect the user to a different page depending on the client’s JRE software version.

Use the Deployment Toolkit script’s versionCheck function to check if a particular version or range of JRE versions is installed on the client.

Function signature: versionCheck: function(versionPattern)

• versionPattern – String specifying the version or range of versions to check for, such as such as «1.4», «1.5.0*» (1.5.x family), and «1.6.0_02+» (any version greater than or equal to 1.6.0_02).

Usage: Creating a different user experience depending on the client’s JRE software version

In this example, a Launch button is created for the Notepad application only if the version of JRE software on the client is greater than or equal to 1.6. If not, the browser is redirected to oracle.com .

Note: Depending on the client’s operating system and version of the Java platform, you might be able to verify version information for JRE software at the major version level (for example, 1.6) or at a finer update level (for example, 1.6.0_10).

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How To Find and Verify Installed Java Runtime Version?

Java Runtime Environment is used to run Java applications. Java Runtime Environment is called JRE. There are different versions of JRE most recent major versions are 6,7,8. Some of the applications generally require a different version because of comp ability problems. In this tutorial, we will look at how to get JRE or Java versions from various operating systems. If you want to learn JRE and differences with JDK please read the following tutorial.

Java or JRE Version Numbers

Java uses a bit different version numbers. All java versions first numbers is 1 actual major version numbers change according to release which is current 8 . Example Java version number is like below.

Determine Java Version in Windows From Command Line

We have different methods to determine Java or JRE version in windows. The first way is running java command in command line with version information. We will also provide -version option like below.

We can see that cırrent JRE or Java version is 1.8.0_144 . Here we can call 8 as a major version number.

Determine Java Version in Windows From GUI

We can use the Java menu which resides in the Control Panel.

And then In the General tab click to About button. This will open a new window that will provide information about the current Java or JRE version.

We can see and get the following information.

• Version 8 specifies the main version of Java which is 8 in this example.
• Update 144 specifies the minor version which numbered as 144.

Determine Java Version Linux (CentOS, RedHat, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Kali, Mint)

We will use java command from the command line to get information about Java or JRE installation of Linux distributions.

We can see that a lot of information about Java and the platform is provided.

• openjdk version «1.8.0_131» is the current version of Java. We can see that the Java implementation is OpenJDK which is an open version of Java for Linux distributions.
• ubuntu is the operating system where Java is created.
• OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM specifies the Java CPU architecture which is 64 bit.

Determine Java Version Online

We can also use the currently installed Java version from the web. We will navigate to the following URL which is provided by Oracle Java. We will see a screen like below. First, we will click on the Agree and Continue button.

For security reasons, current popular browsers have disabled the Java or JRE by default. So Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, etc. will show a warning like Java is disabled or not installed . If Java is enabled for browser we will see the current version of Java without a problem.

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How to check Java version

This article describes some ways which you can use to check version of Java on your Windows computer. More exactly, the version of Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK).

If you have OracleJDK installed on your computer, simply click menu Start, type about java into the search area, then click the About Java icon in the result. You can see the current version of Java in the following dialog:

Or you can go to Control Panel, switch to Large icons view and click the Java logo:

Then in the Java Control Panel dialog, click About button as shown in the following screenshot:

The second way (more familiar with programmers) to check Java version is opening a command prompt and type the following command:

Here, the version of Java is 1.8.0, and 201 is the update number. Each version can have several update numbers — the higher the more recent it is.

Note that “Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment” meaning that you’re using Oracle JDK. In case you’re using OpenJDK, the output should be:

If JDK/JRE is not installed or somehow the PATH environment variable is not updated for Java, you can see the following message:

Note that there can be multiple installations of JRE and/or JDK on a computer. In that case, the version of Java you see in the console is of the first JRE/JDK found in the list of environment variables.

To check the version exactly, you need to go to the bin directory of a JDK/JRE installation, for example:

cd C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_201\bin

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