How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela LTS 32-64bit Easy Guide

Oracle JDK 8 Quick Start on Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela

The Guide shows you in Easy-Steps How to Install Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 8 i586/x8664 for Linux Mint 17.2 Rafaela LTS i386/amd64 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 17.2 Rafaela 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 17.2 Rafaela 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 Shell Terminal emulator 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

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

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

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

   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

   And for the Java Compiler instead:

   sudo update-alternatives --config javac

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

   Lastly to Exit from the Super-User session:

   exit

6. Setting JAVA_HOME User Environment Variable (Optional).

   su [myUserName]

   Or simply:

   exit

   su [myUserName]

   Or simply:

   exit

   And Edit the Bash environment Configuration file

   nano $HOME/.bashrc

   Append:

   export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8[uX]

   Replace the [uX] Looking for the Installed Java 8 Version with:

   ls /usr/lib/jvm/

   Ctr+x to Save & Exit from nano Editor :)
   Load New Bash Config:

   bash

7. Test New Java JDK 8 Installation.

   java -version

8. How to Install Eclipse Java on Linux Mint

   Eclipse Java IDE Install

   Install Eclipse for Java

9. How to Install Netbeans 8 IDE for Java on Linux Mint

   Install Netbeans 8 Java for Mint

   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! ;)