# Is there any recommendation on the JRE/JDK version for running es/developing plugins

**URL:** <https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-recommendation-on-the-jre-jdk-version-for-running-es-developing-plugins/7181>\
**Category:** Elasticsearch\
**Created:** [March 30, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-recommendation-on-the-jre-jdk-version-for-running-es-developing-plugins/7181 "2012-03-30T15:09:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![Roly\_Vicaria](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/roly_vicaria/32/506_2.png) [@Roly\_Vicaria](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/Roly_Vicaria)\
**Post date:** [March 30, 2012, 3:09pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-recommendation-on-the-jre-jdk-version-for-running-es-developing-plugins/7181/1 "2012-03-30T15:09:49Z")

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Hello,

Just wondering if anyone has run into any issues with Java 7, OpenJDK on  
Ubuntu, etc...Any recommendations?

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![kimchy](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/user_avatar/discuss.elastic.co/kimchy/32/44952_2.png) [@kimchy](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/kimchy)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2012, 8:55pm UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-recommendation-on-the-jre-jdk-version-for-running-es-developing-plugins/7181/2 "2012-03-31T20:55:45Z")

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If you develop a plugin that you want to share with teh community, then I  
recommend you support Java 6 and 7. Using 7, make sure you use u2 or above.

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Roly Vicaria [rolyv19@gmail.com](mailto:rolyv19@gmail.com) wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Just wondering if anyone has run into any issues with Java 7, OpenJDK on  
> Ubuntu, etc...Any recommendations?
> 
> Thanks.

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**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/elastic/original/3X/1/a/1ac57faf039f6b580b3f104ef42a2a89e41014de.png) [@system](https://discuss.elastic.co/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC](https://discuss.elastic.co/t/is-there-any-recommendation-on-the-jre-jdk-version-for-running-es-developing-plugins/7181/3 "2017-07-06T03:34:04Z")

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Closed on July 6, 2017, 3:34am UTC