Install JDK from tar.gz Ubuntu

installJdkTarGzUbuntu.sh

#Login as root
sudo su

#create jdk directory
mkdir /opt/jdk

#uncompress, change to your file name
tar -zxf jdk-8u5-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt/jdk

#check if files are there
#ls /opt/jdk

#update alternatives so the command java point to the new jdk 
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/java 100


#update alternatives so the command javac point to the new jdk 
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/javac 100

#check if java command is pointing to " link currently points to /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/java"
update-alternatives --display java

#check if java command is pointing to " link currently points to /opt/jdk/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/javac"
update-alternatives --display javac

#check if java is running
java -version

thanks, steps more clear than oracle website 👍

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root@GHOST:/home/batman/Downloads# java -version
bash: /usr/bin/java: cannot execute binary file: Exec format error
root@GHOST:/home/batman/Downloads#

what should i do ?

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Also works on Debian 9.6 :)

Thanks!!! Working on Ubuntu 12

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thanks! works well on Debain 9

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It could be the last step if your java version doesn't change (show and choose from list alternatives)
sudo update-alternatives --config java

Thanks ,It worked :)

Thank you

It could be the last step if your java version doesn't change (show and choose from list alternatives)
sudo update-alternatives --config java

Thank you

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Thank you! I'm super new to the command line and this was very easy to follow.

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Hi the command java -version it gives java command not found.
Please can help me? I'm on Debian VM.
Thanks.

Hi the command java -version it gives java command not found.
Please can help me? I'm on Debian VM.
Thanks.

Hi @giuseppericci ! Probably something went wrong and you don’t have Java on the /usr/bin/java location. Check if any of the commands failed and try them again.

Also, if you don’t need to install java from a tar.gz file, you can always run an “sudo apt install default-jdk” to get the last OpenJDK provided the Debian.
This link may help: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-with-apt-on-debian-11

Thanks...it is worked

It could be the last step if your java version doesn't change (show and choose from list alternatives) sudo update-alternatives --config java

Thank you so much

Thank you

been searching hours for this! thank you buddy

If you install it on the latest Ubuntu version, it may give an error,
This link may help: https://askubuntu.com/questions/634024/bash-usr-bin-java-no-such-file-or-directory

Worked for me on Ubuntu 22.04!
Thank you so much :D

Does not work for Oracle Java since they have --- for other users in tgz permissions. One needs to chmod o+x before users are able to start java.

Thanks, this is what I ended up doing last night, i did as the root user and you can copy and paste this block

sudo apt install wget -y # in case you do not have wget
wget https://github.com/ibmruntimes/semeru11-binaries/releases/download/jdk-11.0.22%2B7_openj9-0.43.0/ibm-semeru-open-jdk_x64_linux_11.0.22_7_openj9-0.43.0.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ibm-semeru-open-jdk_x64_linux_11.0.22_7_openj9-0.43.0.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin
mv /usr/local/bin/jdk-11.0.22+7 /usr/local/bin/java
sudo cat >> /etc/environment << EOF
PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/bin/java/bin"
EOF
source /etc/environment
java -version

This will show something like

openjdk version "11.0.22" 2024-01-16
IBM Semeru Runtime Open Edition 11.0.22.0 (build 11.0.22+7)
Eclipse OpenJ9 VM 11.0.22.0 (build openj9-0.43.0, JRE 11 Linux amd64-64-Bit Compressed References 20240131_966 (JIT enabled, AOT enabled)
OpenJ9   - 2c3d78b48
OMR      - ea8124dbc
JCL      - 7876cac747 based on jdk-11.0.22+7)

The reason why I did this command mv /usr/local/bin/jdk-11.0.22+7 /usr/local/bin/java so we do not have the java version number hard coded in the directory. this way later on if you update the java by laying down new files in /usr/local/bin/java you do not have to update the path again that I set in /etc/environment

• download open jdk from https://www.openlogic.com/openjdk-downloads?field_java_parent_version_target_id=416&field_operating_system_target_id=426&field_architecture_target_id=391&field_java_package_target_id=396
• move tar.gz file to /opt/
• then run

cd /opt/ && \
tar xzf openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64.tar.gz && \
cd /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/ && \
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin/java 2 && \
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin/jar 2 && \
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin/javac 2 && \
update-alternatives --set jar /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin/jar && \
update-alternatives --set javac /opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin/javac && \
echo "export JAVA_HOME=/opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64" >> ~/.bashrc && \
echo "export JRE_HOME=/opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/jre" >> ~/.bashrc && \
echo "export PATH=$PATH:/opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/bin:/opt/openlogic-openjdk-8u392-b08-linux-x64/jre/bin" >> ~/.bashrc

• refresh with: source ~/.bashrc
• test: java -version

openjdk version "1.8.0_392-392"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_392-392-b08)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.392-b08, mixed mode)