Oracle SQL Developer with alternative JDK? (Except oracle jdk)

Question

Does anyone know if it’s possible to use Oracle SQL Developer with an alternative JDK?

E.g. Eclipse Temurin JDK with hotspot, OpenJDK, Azul zulu jdk, AdoptOpenJDK JDK or JRE.

For SQL Developer version: 20.2.0.175.1842

Answer 1

Check the description on the download page.
https://www.oracle.com/tools/downloads/sqldev-downloads.html

You can download Oracle SQL Developer with JDK included, or without.
If you download without, you need to separately install the JDK. Officially supported versions are Oracle JDK 8 and 11, but I think it should also work with other implementations. Certainly worth a try.
As per instructions, you must provide the Java path in SQL developer options.

Answer 2

Tibor Santa Thank you for your information.
Since i don't have permission to download it from oracle official website, I will try with other implementations.😊

Answer 3

This is s very interesting question. For sure, there are alternatives to Oracle Java as Liberica JDK https://bell-sw.com/pages/downloads/ or Azul Zulu https://www.azul.com/downloads/?package=jdk, which are free and supported by reliable vendors. However, if you are using Oracle product anyway, which requires Java and you will use it for development purposes, which is not restricting to use Oracle Java 8 or 11. So I am inquisitive; what is the driver for the move to OpenJDK binary from Oracle Java in that case?

Answer 4

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