How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint Debian GNU Easy Guide

Oracle-Sun JDK 8 Quick Start for LMDE

The Tutorial shows you in Easy-Steps How to Install Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 8 for Linux Mint Debian Edition 2012/2013/2014 32/64-bit Mate/Cinnamon GNU Desktop.

To SetUp Oracle JDK in you may need to make use of the update-alternatives Tool to Update your System Java.

Some Java 8 Features:

• LAMBDA Expressions Programming
• The Stream API
• The Nashorn Javascript Engine

To the How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8 in Linux Mint Debian Bottom there is a Link for Quick Start with Java JDK 8 Development on Eclipse and IntelliJ IDEA on Mint Linux.

Moreover, to Make the Process Easier to Visualize the Post Includes the Basic Screenshots of the Steps Involved.

The Contents and Details of How to Download and Install Oracle JDK 8 in Linux Mint Debian are Expressly Minimal to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tut Easier to Understand ;)

1. Download Oracle Java SE JDK8 for Linux:

   Oracle JDK8 i586/x8664 tar.gz

   Oracle Jdk8

2. Double-Click on the JDK8 tar.gz Archive and Extract into
   /tmp

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvfz jdk1.8*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

3. Open a Terminal Window
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).

   

4. Relocate JDK 8

   sudo su

   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Make a jvm Directory if Not already there with

   if [ ! -d "/usr/lib/jvm" ]; then mkdir /usr/lib/jvm; fi

   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/jdk1.8*

   Reiterate the Execution Permission over the Java binaries

   chmod -R +x /tmp/jdk1.8*/bin

   Finally, Shift the Java contents with

   mv /tmp/jdk1.8* /usr/lib/jvm/
   

5. Installing Oracle Java JDK 8

   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/java 1065
   

   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/javac 1065
   

   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/jar 1065
   

   update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8*/bin/javaws 1065
   

   Checking or Setting the System Java Version in Use with

   update-alternatives --config java
   

   To Switch of Java Version Just Enter the Selection Number on First, Column. :)

   Lastly to Exit from the Super-User session:

   exit

6. Test New Java JDK 8 Installation

   java -version

How to Install Eclipse Java on Linux Mint Debian
Install Eclipse for Java.

How to Install Netbeans 8 IDE for Java on Linux Mint Debian:
Setup NetBeans Java for Mint.

Now Thanks to Oracle-Sun Corporation
you are able to Successfully Start Up with Java 8 Development.

Welcome to Java 8 Challenge! ;)