java 8 support on centos5

[soniya_ag]

Hi,

I am trying to install java-1.8.0-openjdk on my centos5 system.

I get no packages available.

Just wanted to know if java8 is supported on centos5?

command Used :

yum install -y java-1.8.0.*

Please help.

Thanks,
sOniya

[TrevorH]

There are no java 1.8 packages for CentOS 5. And since it only has ~3 months of life left in it, it's unlikely in the extreme that any would be added.

You should be looking to migrate your CentOS 5 system to something newer as all security updates will stop in March 2017.