Installing Java in Ubuntu

Installing Java in ubuntu


In order to install Java 6,7,8 that are not available in Ubuntu 16.04 default directory follow the below steps

First, add Oracle's PPA, then update your package repository.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

$ sudo apt-get update

Oracle JDK 6

To install Jdk 6 use the following command

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java6-installer

Oracle JDK 7

To install Jdk 7 use the following command

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Oracle JDK 8

This is the latest stable version of java. To install Jdk 8  use the following command

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer