Oracle JDK 1.8 supported on AIX server?

Question

I am new to AIX environment want to check if we can install JDK 8 on AIX server by overriding the IBM JDK. If yes, how?.

Answer 1

Oracle JDK 1.8 for AIX does not exist. If you really want JDK 1.8, you can override your current (I suppose now you have an older version) downloading a new one from here.

Just to be clear, every version of Oracle JDK or JRE is machine dependent. And it is compiled to run only on a defined set of operating systems. You can see the complete list of Oracle's JDK supported OSs here.

Looking around I saw there is a OpenJDK (Open Java Development Kit) porting to PowerPC/AIX, they're are actively working to have a stable 1.8 version.

• OpenJDK - PowerPC/AIX Port Project
• OpenJDK Wiki - PowerPC/AIX Port Project
• OpenJDK PowerPC Port

Consider that OpenJDK is not only a free and open source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE). But it is also actively supported by Oracle (primarily) and by IBM.