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I am using Debian 10.6.

$ sudo apt install openjdk-16-jre-headless Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package openjdk-16-jre-headless 

Here is my package list. Notice how there is only openjdk 11, and nothing else.

$ apt search openjdk Sorting... Done Full Text Search... Done default-jdk/oldstable 2:1.11-71 i386 Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit default-jdk-doc/oldstable 2:1.11-71 amd64 Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit (documentation) default-jdk-headless/oldstable,now 2:1.11-71 amd64 [installed,automatic] Standard Java or Java compatible Development Kit (headless) default-jre/oldstable,now 2:1.11-71 amd64 [installed,automatic] Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime default-jre-headless/oldstable,now 2:1.11-71 amd64 [installed,automatic] Standard Java or Java compatible Runtime (headless) java-package/oldstable,oldstable 0.62 all Utility for creating Java Debian packages jtreg/oldstable,oldstable 4.2-b14-1 all Regression Test Harness for the OpenJDK platform libhsdis0-fcml/oldstable 1.1.3-3 amd64 HotSpot disassembler plugin using FCML libreoffice/oldstable 1:6.1.5-3+deb10u7 amd64 [upgradable from: 1:6.1.5-3+deb10u6] office productivity suite (metapackage) nvidia-openjdk-8-jre/oldstable 9.+8u77~9.2.148-7+deb10u1 amd64 NVIDIA provided OpenJDK Java runtime, using Hotspot JIT openjdk-11-dbg/oldstable 11.0.13+8-1~deb10u1 amd64 

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apt can’t locate openjdk-16-jre-headless because the OpenJDK 16 packages aren’t available in any Debian release.

The only release available to you in Debian 10 is OpenJDK 11. Debian 11 has OpenJDK 17. Both of these are releases with long-term support.

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openjdk-16-jre-headless isn't packaged on Debian. You have to use openjdk-11-jre-headless, it can be installed after enabling the security repository.

Java and debian.

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