{"id":4003,"date":"2014-09-27T13:04:32","date_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:04:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=4003"},"modified":"2014-09-27T13:04:32","modified_gmt":"2014-09-27T13:04:32","slug":"install-oracle-java-ubuntu-1410","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2014\/09\/install-oracle-java-ubuntu-1410\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Oracle Java JDK 6, 7, or 8 in Ubuntu 14.10"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Install<\/a><\/p>\n

This quick tutorial shows you how to easily install Oracle Java JDK 6, JDK 7 and\/or JDK 8 (includes JRE) in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic via PPA.<\/b><\/p>\n

Thanks to Webupd8 Team<\/a> for providing the installer scripts in PPA that automatically downloads Oracle Java package from its official site and installs it on your system.<\/p>\n

1.<\/b> To add the PPA, press Ctrl+Alt+T<\/b> on keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, paste the command below and hit enter.<\/p>\n

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team\/java<\/pre>\n
Type in your user password when prompts. Note that there’s no visual feed back when typing your password.<\/p>\n
2.<\/b> After added the PPA, run commands below one by one to install Java (you may replace number 8 in the code with 6 or 7<\/i>):<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get update\n\nsudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer<\/pre>\n
\"Install<\/a><\/p>\n
If you have two or more Java versions installed on your system, run command below to set Oracle Java to default (you may replace number 8 with 6 or 7<\/i>):<\/p>\n
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default<\/pre>\n
Finally, check out java version via:<\/p>\n
java -version<\/pre>\n
You’ll see something like this:<\/p>\n
java version “1.8.0_20”<\/b>
\nJava(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_20-b26)
\nJava HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.20-b23, mixed mode)\n<\/p><\/blockquote>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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