How to Install JAVA 8 (JDK 8u45) on Ubuntu & LinuxMint Via PPA

This blog post will help you to Install Oracle JAVA 8 (JDK/JRE 8u25) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and 10.04 and LinuxMint systems using PPA File.

Installing Java 8 on Ubuntu

Add the webupd8team Java PPA repository in your system and install Oracle Java 8 using following set of commands.

 $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java  
 $ sudo apt-get update  
 $ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer  

Verify Installed Java Version

After successfully installing oracle Java using above step verify installed version using following command.

 manish@tech:~$ java -version  
 java version "1.8.0_45"  
 Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_45-b14)  
 Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.45-b02, mixed mode)  

Configuring Java Environment

In Webupd8 ppa repository also providing a package to set environment variables, Install this package using following command.

 $ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default  

Reference:-

https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/ubuntu/java