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35responsestoInstallOracleJava6, kartiqueonGIMP2.8.20Available
7,or8inUbuntu14.04Trusty inPPAforUbuntu16.10,16.04,
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nagarFebruary28,2014at2:22pm (http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.p
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Goodjobbro:) AndrewonInstallBrightness
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04/#comment3664555)
Lookslikesomedependenciesarebrokenwiththe
latestupdatestryingtoinstallviaaptgives:
 Thefollowingpackageswillbe
REMOVED:
aptapturlnautilussharepython
softwarepropertiespython3software
propertiessoftwarecentersoftware
propertiescommonsoftwareproperties
gtkubuntudesktopubuntuextras
keyringubuntuminimalunattended
upgrades
ThefollowingNEWpackageswillbe
installed:
oraclejava8installer

StleApril4,2014at5:03pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment350667)

Seemsthatthistriestoremoveaptformeon14.04:
Suggestedpackages:
binfmtsupportvisualvmttfbaekmukttfunfontsttf
unfontscorettfkochigothicttfsazanamigothic
ttfkochiminchottfsazanamiminchottfarphicuming
ThefollowingpackageswillbeREMOVED:
aptapturlnautilussharepgdgkeyringpostgresql9.1
postgresqlclient9.1postgresqlclientcommon
postgresqlcommonpython3softwareproperties
softwarecentersoftwarepropertiescommon
softwarepropertiesgtktaskseltaskseldataubuntu
desktopubuntuextraskeyringubuntuminimal
unattendedupgrades
ThefollowingNEWpackageswillbeinstalled:
oraclejava8installer
WARNING:Thefollowingessentialpackageswillbe
removed.
ThisshouldNOTbedoneunlessyouknowexactlywhat
youaredoing!
apt

ScottDeaganApril6,2014at1:39am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment357147)

Idontthinkthiswillworkwith14.04(currentlyinbeta).
Followingtheinstructionsabove,Igetthis:

ThefollowingpackageswillbeREMOVED
aptapturlnautilussharepython3softwareproperties
softwarecentersoftwarepropertiescommon
softwarepropertiesgtkubuntudesktopubuntuextras
keyringubuntuminimalunattendedupgrades

Inotherwords,itwoulduninstalltheUbuntudesktop!

EzraShirstiApril6,2014at6:09am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment357811)

ThefollowingpackageswillbeREMOVED:
aptapturlnautilussharepython3softwareproperties
softwarecentersoftwarepropertiescommon
softwarepropertiesgtkubuntudesktopubuntuextras
keyringubuntuminimalunattendedupgrades

ThispackageappearstodestoyUbuntu14.04?

JimApril6,2014at1:36pm
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment358890)
 Thanksguys.IvereportthisissuetothePPA
maintainer.Therewillbeanupdatesoon.

AlbertoApril8,2014at9:21pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment369168)

Now,itworksfineinUbuntu14.04,thanks:)

RicardoMay9,2014at5:48am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment475116)

Hello,

ihaveinstalleditseverealtimes,butihavetouninstalled
it,andicedtec.Becausealltimesjavawasblockedornot
workingproperly.

niuGuangzheFebruary27,2016at11:39am
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment3473384)

imaymeetthesameproblemthesituationisthati
cancompilingtheprocedure,wheniusetheorder_
javaanditdoestwork,thereasoniscannotfindthe
mainclassXXXX,butwhenidothesameworkon
windows7,itsoktoaccomplishtheprocedure,soithink
theproblemis$JAVA_HOME,becauseWhenIwas
checkjavainstallationdirectoryifindthatihavenolimit
toinsidethedirectorynowitstillnotwork.
MargoMay14,2014at8:38am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment492438)

Verythoroughandaccuratemanual(14.04).Theveryfirst
timejavawasntapaininstalling.Thankyou.

JonasJune19,2014at2:18pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment590807)

sudoaptgetinstalloraclejava7installer

Triedthison14.04,butIamgetting:

Thefollowingpackageshaveunmetdependencies:
oraclejava7installer:Depends:javacommon(>=0.24)
butitisnotgoingtobeinstalled
Recommends:gsfontsx11butitisnotgoingtobe
installed

JimJune20,2014at4:07am
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment592219)

Seemsthatyouhavebrokenpackages.Try:

sudoaptgetupdate

sudoaptgetfinstall

Findoutwhatisbrokenandfixit.
 JeanVictorCtJuly19,2015at7:05pm
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment3256298)

Ihadthesameproblem,includingthesameproblem
withbinutils,andtriedthetwolinesthatyou
provided,tonoavail.Isitpossiblethatthe64bit
versionisnotyetready?

YOUNGJune30,2014at7:10am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment618651)

HowcanIselectivelyinstall32bitJDK?Givencommand
installs64bitJDK.
P.S.ImtryingtodevelopanAndroidappandIwastold
toinstall32bitJDK.

PeopalioJuly11,2014at10:00pm
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment651180)

Ithinkitautomaticallydetectsyourarch.becauseI
haveusedthiscommandona64bitTrustyandam
installingitona32bitPreciseasItype.

ddkJuly28,2014at12:48pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment708012)

HiJim,

Imnewbeeforubuntu..
Imusingubuntu14.04LTSandiwanttoinstalljava6u21
inthis.

Howtoinstallexactversionandupdateonly..

JimJuly28,2014at2:10pm
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment708205)

Firstitshighlyrecommendedtoinstallthelatest
stableversionasitiscompatiblewitholderversions.If
anapplicationorwebpageyouaccessrequiresan
olderversionofJava,youshouldreportthistothe
provider/developerandrequestthattheyupdatethe
applicationtobecompatiblewithallJavaversions.

Second,ifyoureallywantthejava6u21,youcan
downloadtheofficialinstallerfromTHISPAGE
(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downl
oads/javaarchivedownloadsjavase6419409.html).

32bitsystemdownloadthejre6u21linux
i586.bin
64bitsystemdownloadthejre6u21linux
x64.bin
Oncedownloaded,pressCtrl+Alt+Tonkeyboardto
opentheterminalanddo:

1.GototheDownloadsfolderandgiveexecutable
permission:

cd~/Downloads/&&chmodu+xjre6u21linux*.
bin

2.Runtheinstaller:

./jre6u21linux*.bin
3.Movetheinstallationto/usr/lib/jvm:

sudomvjdk1.6.0_21/usr/lib/jvm/

If/usr/lib/jvmisnotexist,createitby:

sudomkdirp/usr/lib/jvm

4.Tomakeitdefault(dependsonOStype,youmay
changei386toamd64):

sudoupdatealternativesinstall"/usr/bin/j
ava""java""/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_21/bin/jav
a"1
sudoupdatealternativesinstall"/usr/bin/j
avac""javac""/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_21/bin/ja
vac"1
sudoupdatealternativesinstall"/usr/lib/m
ozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so""mozillajava
plugin.so""/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/lib/i
386/libnpjp2.so"1

RanTalbottJuly8,2016at7:28am
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment3544967)

Onmy14.04system,thepluginsarein
/usr/lib/firefoxaddons/pluginsnot
/usr/lib/mozila/pluginssoIhadtochangetheupdate
alternativescommand.

Thanksforpostingthatinfo:itsavedmesometime
becauseIbailedoutofthewebupd8softwarewhen
itinsistedonredownloadingtheinstallpackagethat
 Idalreadydownloadedandinstalled.Withoutit,I
wouldhaveneededtodoothersearchingtofindout
whatIneededtodotofinishtheinstall.

ddkAugust4,2014at6:13am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment739615)

Great:)Jim..,

Thestepyouprovideitlooksgreatanditperfectfor
UbuntuNewbeelikeme.

Thankslotforyoursupport

mohanAugust23,2014at4:44am
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment847193)

thankslottoyoursimplestepstoinstalljavainubuntu.It
madetosavelottime.

GerardSeptember17,2014at8:13pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment1038690)

Great,itsworking!Pleaseconsidertheonestepmorein
youttutorial,tocheckwhethereverytingisOK.Ihave
used:
javaversion
Andtheoutput:
javaversion1.8.0_20
Java(TM)SERuntimeEnvironment(build1.8.0_20b26)
JavaHotSpot(TM)ServerVM(build25.20b23,mixed
mode)
NtGDecember3,2014at5:21pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment2076486)

CannotaddPPA:ppa:webupd8team/java.
PleasecheckthatthePPAnameorformatiscorrect.

Pleasetellmehowtosolvethiserror

JimDecember4,2014at11:03am
(http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/02/installoracle
java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment2085273)

Trybelowstepstofixtheissue:

1.Makesureyourenotbehindproxy.
2.Runcommand:

sudoaptgetinstallreinstallcacertificat
es

3.UsebelowcommandinsteadtoaddthePPA:

sudoEaddaptrepositoryppa:webupd8team/jav
a

SamMay25,2015at5:13am
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment3159659)

Ihadfollowyourinstructionbutstillhavingthe
problem.
wrongmanDecember20,2014at6:26pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment2277380)

32bitJDKinstructionsareneededhere.

prathabJanuary18,2015at2:22pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment2588568)

Howtoplaymoviesinubuntu???

JimJanuary18,2015at3:26pm
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java67or8ubuntu1404/#comment2588904)

OpenUbuntuSoftwareCenter,searchforandinstall
ubunturestrictedextrasallowsyoutowatchvideo
filesincommonformatsviathedefaultMoviePlayer.
OryoucansearchforandinstallVLCvideoplayer.

Napalm99February1,2015at4:27pm
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7or8ubuntu1404/#comment2683010)

heydude.iknowthatitsnottherightplaceatall,butive
seenyourlinksmostoftheplaceswhilesurfing.sincei
didntgotanywhereimaskingmyquestionhere.Howto
viewmyandroidscreeninmyubuntu14.04LTS64bit.as
itolditsnotarightplacetoaskbutsomeothertutorials
tellthatuhavetogetthelatestjavaonyoursystemand
doblablabla.ijustrootedmyphoneandithasno
problemastherearemanyappslikedroidvnc,