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Installation instructions for installing Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu 16.04-22.04
https://github.com/shonp40/java-installation-instructions-for-ubuntu

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Installation instructions for installing Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu 16.04-22.04

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/shonp40/java-installation-instructions-for-ubuntu
• Owner: ShonP40
• Created: 2020-05-06T12:45:50.000Z (over 4 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2022-04-29T18:03:26.000Z (over 2 years ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-05-01T19:22:09.048Z (8 months ago)
• Topics: java, jdk, jre, ubuntu
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# Java installation instructions for Ubuntu

Installation instructions for installing Oracle Java JDK 8 64-Bit on Ubuntu 16.04-22.04

1. Go to [Oracle's website](https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase/javase-jdk8-downloads.html) and download the latest Linux x64 Compressed Archive

2. Open Terminal and type `sudo mkdir  -p /opt/jdk`

3. Go to your Downloads folder (or the folder that you downloaded the file to) and open Terminal from it (by right clicking and selecting "Open in Terminal")

4. Type `sudo cp -rf jdk-8u(version number)-linux-x64.tar.gz /opt/jdk/`

5. Type `cd /opt/jdk/`

6. Type `sudo tar -zxf jdk-8u(version number)-linux-x64.tar.gz`

7. Type `sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_(version number)/bin/java 100`

8. Type `sudo update-alternatives --config java` (It will ask you to select the version of Java you downloaded from a list (0,1,2...))

9. Type `sudo  nano /etc/environment`and paste `JAVA_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_(version number)` and `JRE_HOME=/opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_(version number)/jre`

10. Verify your installation by typing `java -version`