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Update JRE instructions for Ubuntu 22.04.The default-jre package on Ubuntu 22.04 provides version 11, which is too old to run the latest version of signal-cli.

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* Java Runtime Environment installed
- Ubuntu/Debian: `sudo apt-get install default-jre`
- Ubuntu 22.04: `sudo apt install openjdk-18-jre`
- Arch Linux: `pacman -S jre-openjdk`
* signal-cli requires _unlimited strength crypto_ in Java Runtime Environment to be turned on. Newer versions of Java have this feature already turned on by default. But for Java versions older then Java 8u161, Java 7u171 or Java 6u181 see this [[StackOverflow answer|http://stackoverflow.com/a/6481658]] how to enable it. You can check your current installed Java Runtime Environment with command: `java -version`
* signal-cli requires enough random entropy for cryptography. This can be an issue on embedded or idle systems, which can be resolved by installing an entropy daemon, like `haveged`.