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How to install the latest JDK 1.8 from Oracle on Debian Linux¶
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- How to install the latest JDK 1.8 from Oracle on Debian Linux
this guide is base on
- https://d.stavrovski.net/blog/installing-oracle-java7-on-debian-wheezy/
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Java#Manual_method
Download jdk 1.8 from here https://www.java.com/en/download/
Unpack the downloaded JAVA 8 archive in /opt
mkdir /opt/java-oracle tar -zxf /tmp/jdk-8-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /opt/java-oracle
create a symlink with the major release version
ln -fs jdk1.8.0 jdk1.8
set-up oracle’s java 8 to be used on the system, by using higher priority with update-alternatives (NOTE: Adapt the below to match the latest version !!!)
jhome=/opt/java-oracle/jdk1.8 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java ${jhome}/bin/java 2000 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac ${jhome}/bin/javac 2000 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jconsole jconsole ${jhome}/bin/jconsole 2000 update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "${jhome}/bin/javaws" 2000 update-alternatives --install "/usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/libjavaplugin.so" "mozilla-javaplugin.so" ${jhome}/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so" 1
IMPORTANT choose the java you installed as default
update-alternatives --config java update-alternatives --config javac
Updated by Andreas Müller about 1 year ago · 16 revisions