The Debian Package sqldeveloper-package

In order to run Oracle SQL Developer you'll need a full working JDK. The versions that are compatible with SQL Developer are any JDK 1.5.0_06 or above or JDK 1.6.0_03 or above for SQL Developer versions up to 1.5.5. SQL Developer versions from 2.1 to 3.1 are compatible with JDK 1.6.0_11 or above and SQL Developer version 3.2 is compatible with JDK 1.6.0_04 or above. SQL Developer version 4.0 is compatible with JDK 1.7 (JDK7.0) series and SQL Developer versions from 4.1 to 17.3 are compatible with JDK 1.8 (JDK8.0) series or newer.

Note that Oracle SQL Developer prior to version 4.0 is not compatible with JDK 1.7 (JDK7.0) or newer and prior to version 4.1 is not compatible with JDK 1.8 (JDK8.0) or newer.

There are several ways to obtain a compatible JDK:

• install default-jdk (java), making sure it depends on the required JDK version
• install one of the required openjdk-6-jdk, openjdk-7-jdk, openjdk-8-jdk or openjdk-9-jdk (java)
• install the meta-package java-sdk, making sure that it installs the required JDK version as dependency
• install one of the meta-packages java6-sdk, java7-sdk, java8-sdk or java9-sdk, making sure that it installs the required JDK version as dependency
• download and run the installer for the version you wish to install from Oracle http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/
• install java-package (contrib/misc) and generate a Debian package from the above installer

After installing a compatible JDK simply launch SQL Developer through the graphical interface or by invoking /usr/bin/sqldeveloper and supply the path where the JDK was installed when prompted.

-- Lazarus Long lazarus.long@sapo.pt Thu, 11 Jan 2018 00:05:04 +0000