Installing and Configuring Java on Ubuntu
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- 1- Introduction
- 2- Install Java
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1- Introduction
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In the post, I show you the way to install Java on Ubuntu (Server or Desktop), using the command.
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If you use Ubuntu Desktop, you can open Terminal to execute the commands.
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2- Install Java
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To install Java easily on Ubuntu, the members of webupd8.org create a Personal Package Archive which helps you to be able to download and automatically set up Java directly from Oracle's website. It supports the java with the version of 6, 7, 8.
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Firstly, you run the following command to add PPA (PPA Repository) to your system.
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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
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Note: If you get error: "sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found", run the following commands:
sudo apt-get install software-properties-common sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
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Then, run the following command to update the set of installment.
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sudo apt-get update
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Installing Java
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To install Java 8, use the command:
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sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
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Note: Replace number 8 with 6,7,9 or 10 if you want to install Java 6,7,9 or Java 10.
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Java has been installed successfully.
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You can execute the following command to check the version of Java that has already been installed.
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java -version
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