Quick tutorial for beginners how to easily install Oracle Java JDK8 or JDK9 in Ubuntu 16.04 or Linux Mint 18 via PPA.
Webupd8 Team is maintaining a PPA repository with installer scripts for the latest Java 8 and 9, that automatically downloads the Java archive from Oracle website and sets up everything for you.
- Add the PPA.
Open terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and run the command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
- Update and install the installer script:
Run commands to update system package index and install Java installer script:
sudo apt update; sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer
You may replace oracle-java8-installer with oracle-java9-installer to install Java 9.
While the install process, you have to accept Java license to continue downloading & installing Java binaries.
Oracle Java License
- Check the Java version
To check the Java version after installing the package, run command:
javac -version
check out java version
- Set Java environment variables
The PPA also contains a package to automatically set Java environment variables, just run command:
sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default
For Java 9, install the package oracle-java9-set-default instead.