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, 08:32, 14 January 2019
* Download [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html Oracle Java JDK]
* Create /usr/local/java directory
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/java
* Copy downloaded file to /usr/local/java
sudo cp -r jdk-8u51-linux-x64.tar.gz /usr/local/java/
* cd into /usr/local/java and extract downloaded file
sudo tar xvzf jdk-8u51-linux-x64.tar.gz
* Update $PATH adding this to /etc/profile
<nowiki>JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51
PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/bin
export JAVA_HOME
export PATH</nowiki>
* Choose which java you want to use with:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
* Tell the system that the new Oracle Java version is available
<nowiki>sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/java" 1
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/javac" 1
sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/javaws" 1</nowiki>
* Set Oracle Java JDK default
<nowiki>sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/java
sudo update-alternatives --set javac /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/javac
sudo update-alternatives --set javaws /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_51/bin/java</nowiki>
* Check Java JDK version by java -version