What is the difference between 'openjdk-headless', 'openjdk', 'openjdk-devel' packages ?

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Issue

  • I found 3 different kinds of OpenJDK packages such as 'openjdk-headless', 'openjdk', 'openjdk-devel'.
  • What is the role of each package?
  • When I tried to install OpenJDK with yum, it seems that some dependencies were found like the below.
$ sudo yum install java-11
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Dependencies resolved.
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 Package                                Architecture         Version                           Repository                                
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Installing:
 java-11-openjdk                        x86_64               1:11.0.8.10-0.el8_2               rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms           

Installing dependencies:
 java-11-openjdk-headless               x86_64               1:11.0.8.10-0.el8_2               rhel-8-for-x86_64-appstream-rpms           
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  • Unlike version 1.7, 1.8, and 11, the headless package is not found in version 1.6.

Environment

  • OpenJDK 7
  • OpenJDK 8
  • OpenJDK 11

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