Amazon Corretto 25 Installation Instructions for Amazon Linux 2023

This topic describes how to install and uninstall Amazon Corretto 25 on a host or container running the Amazon Linux 2023 operating systems.

Download and Install RPMs Manually

1. Download RPMs from the Downloads page for your CPU architecture. To install the JDK, you will need to download the RPMs for both the JDK and the JRE.

2. Install using yum localinstall.

   sudo yum localinstall java-25-amazon-corretto*.rpm

Verify Your Installation

In the terminal, run the following command to verify the installation.

java -version

Expected output for 25.0.0:

openjdk 25 2025-09-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment Corretto-25.0.0.36.1 (build 25+36-LTS)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM Corretto-25.0.0.36.1 (build 25+36-LTS, mixed mode, sharing)

If you see a version string that doesn't mention Corretto, run the following command to change the default java or javac providers.

sudo alternatives --config java

If using the JDK you should also run:

sudo alternatives --config javac

Uninstall Amazon Corretto 25

You can uninstall Amazon Corretto 25 with the following commands.

Uninstall headless:

sudo yum remove java-25-amazon-corretto-headless

Uninstall headful:

sudo yum remove java-25-amazon-corretto

Uninstall devel:

sudo yum remove java-25-amazon-corretto-devel

Uninstall jmods:

sudo yum remove java-25-amazon-corretto-jmods