Use sudo apt remove --purge "^openjdk.*"
Ref: https://askubuntu.com/questions/778729/fouled-up-my-openjdk-8-jre
apt-get install default-jre
installing default-jee
#apt-get install default-jre
#java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_121"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_121-8u121-b13-0ubuntu1.16.04.2-b13)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.121-b13, mixed mode)
Ref: https://wiki.debian.org/Java/