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Install Oracle Java 6

This document provides instructions for installing Oracle Java 6, 7 or 8 in Ubuntu 14.04 via a PPA maintained by webupd8.org. It describes adding the PPA repository, updating packages, installing the desired version of Java by running a command with the version number, agreeing to the license, and verifying the installation by checking the java version.

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Install Oracle Java 6

This document provides instructions for installing Oracle Java 6, 7 or 8 in Ubuntu 14.04 via a PPA maintained by webupd8.org. It describes adding the PPA repository, updating packages, installing the desired version of Java by running a command with the version number, agreeing to the license, and verifying the installation by checking the java version.

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Install Oracle Java 6, 7, or 8 in

Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty


February 28, 2014 29 Comments

This simple tutorial is going to show


you how to easily install Oracle Java
(JDK) 6, 7, or 8 in Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty
Tahr via PPA.
Theres a Launchpad PPA (Personal
Package Archive) maintained by
webupd8.org, a popular Ubuntu Linux
blog, which provides the most recent
installers to automatically download and install Oracle Java
JDK6 / JDK7 / JDK8 from oracle website. Note there are no actual
Java files in this PPA.
To get started:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open a terminal window. When it
opens, copy and paste the command below and hit enter. Input your user
password when prompts and it will add the PPA repository into your
system.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
After that, update package lists via:
sudo apt-get update
To install Oracle Java 8, run:
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Change the number 8 to 6 (or 7) in the code to install Java 6 (or 7).
While installation, youll be asked to agree the license and then the
installer start downloading Java file from oracle website and install it
on your system.
To set the default Java, run:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default


Also change number 8 to the Java version you want.
Finally check whether everyting is OK:
java -version
It will output something like below:
java version 1.7.0_60
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09, mixed mode)

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