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How to Install Oracle Java 11 in Ubuntu 18.04/18.10

Last updated: June 26, 2019

This quick tutorial shows you how to easily install the latest Oracle Java 11 LTS in Ubuntu 18.04, Ubuntu 18.10, Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04 via PPA.

Thanks to the “Linux Uprising” team PPA, an installer script is available to automatically download java package from Oracle web server, and install it in on your system.

1. To add the PPA, open terminal either from app launcher or by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard. When it opens, run command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java

Type user password (no asterisks feedback) for sudo prompt and hit Enter.

2. Then run commands to install the script to start downloading and installing Java 11 on your Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install oracle-java11-installer-local

For Ubuntu 18.04 and higher, skip sudo apt-get update command since it’s done after adding PPA.

Before getting started, you must accept the license (press Tab to highlight OK and hit Enter).

3. If you have installed multiple Java versions, install (or remove) oracle-java11-set-default package to set (or not set) Java 11 as default.

sudo apt-get install oracle-java11-set-default-local

Finally check Java version via java -version:

Uninstall:

To remove Oracle Java 11, run command to remove the installer script:

sudo apt-get remove oracle-java11-set-default-local

And go to Software & Updates -> Other Software to remove the PPA repository.

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    27 responses to How to Install Oracle Java 11 in Ubuntu 18.04/18.10

    1. Ziad Arafat December 17, 2018 at 11:58 pm

      How do you pronounce Ji M? That’s an interesting name? Also thanks for this tutorial very helpful and up to date.

    2. Moses Kiche December 31, 2018 at 1:00 pm

      Thanks for this simple step by step

    3. pralad neupane January 3, 2019 at 2:36 pm

      well i got this error : E: Unable to locate package oracle-java11-installer

    4. JAGADEES January 5, 2019 at 9:45 am

      Cannot add PPA: ‘ppa:~linuxuprising/ubuntu/java’.
      ERROR: ‘~linuxuprising’ user or team does not exist.
      LIKE THIS ERROR COMMING BRO

    5. SalahEddine January 6, 2019 at 6:20 pm

      thank you bro very much, you’re always easy simple and you do it quickly

    6. Jesreel January 16, 2019 at 10:41 am

      Hello, im stuck at http request sent,awaiting for response

    7. JB February 3, 2019 at 3:01 am

      This is great… but how do auto-accept the license?

      I tried this but it only works for the ppa:webupd8team/java distro, which doesn’t have n oracle-java11-installe roption:

      https://stackoverflow.com/questions/19275856/auto-yes-to-the-license-agreement-on-sudo-apt-get-y-install-oracle-java7-instal

    8. Robert Daniels February 15, 2019 at 9:50 pm

      user1@WebServer2:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
      [sudo] password for user1:
      Cannot add PPA: ‘ppa:~linuxuprising/ubuntu/java’.
      ERROR: ‘~linuxuprising’ user or team does not exist.

    9. Yuuki Rito February 17, 2019 at 6:46 pm

      Thank You For The Help Man This Was A Lifesaver!!!!

    10. Derek February 23, 2019 at 11:54 am

      Pretty straight forward!….tks…

    11. Marie March 2, 2019 at 7:38 pm

      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
      Cannot add PPA: ‘ppa:~linuxuprising/ubuntu/java’.
      ERROR: ‘~linuxuprising’ user or team does not exist.

      Really don’t know where does that swung dash come from.

    12. Wajid Ali March 9, 2019 at 2:56 pm

      Thanks a lot for this, it really very helpful and solved my problem

    13. ian March 14, 2019 at 4:11 am

      the PPA no longer exists. all commands return the same sentence just worded differently. that the PPA package does not exist anymore

    14. fuzzie March 16, 2019 at 1:48 pm

      Thanks that PPA is a real time saver :)

    15. MiB March 25, 2019 at 2:42 am

      Everything went smooth installing into Ubuntu 18.04 Server. Thanks!

    16. Nea April 19, 2019 at 12:30 pm

      How can i get my java home?

    17. Meenakshi April 29, 2019 at 6:42 am

      thank you for this post, keep posting.

    18. emilbebri May 6, 2019 at 2:27 pm

      I also get :

      Unable to locate package oracle-java11-installer

      I am online, on a Lubuntu 18.04 machine. strange.

    19. rakesh kumar May 11, 2019 at 4:38 pm

      really this page very useful to install oracle database. thank you

    20. fObermueller June 2, 2019 at 8:21 pm

      this a very quick and ‘painless’ guide—good job!!!

    21. Naveen Kumar Reddy June 26, 2019 at 4:29 am

      I also get :

      Unable to locate package oracle-java11-installer

      I am online, on a Lubuntu 18.04 machine. strange.

    22. Chis July 25, 2019 at 3:08 pm

      installed oracle-java11-installer-local package post-installation script subprocess returned error exit status 1
      Errors were encountered while processing:
      oracle-java11-installer-local
      E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

    23. Pablo August 27, 2019 at 5:09 am

      How can the JDK be downloaded if terminal only is available? no web to login.