How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint 18.x LTS Easy Guide

Oracle JDK 8 Quick Start on Mint 18.x

You are Welcome, this Guide shows you in Easy-Steps How to Install Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK 8 i586/x8664 for Linux Mint 18.x Sarah/Serena/Sonya/Sylvia LTS 32/64-bit Mate/Cinnamon/Xfce/KDE 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 article bottom Link for Quick Start in Java JDK 8 Development on Eclipse, IntelliJ IDEA and NetBeans IDEs for Mint Linux.

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

1. Download Oracle Java SE JDK 8 for Linux.

   Oracle JDK 8 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 Contents

   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

   To Switch the System Java Version in Use:

   update-alternatives --config java

   And for the Java Compiler instead:

   sudo update-alternatives --config javac

   To Change it Enter the Selection Number on First, Column. :)

   To End the Super-User session:

   exit

6. Setting JAVA_HOME User Environment Variable (Optional).

   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

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

How to Install IntelliJ IDEA on Linux Mint:
Setup IntelliJ IDEA for Mint.

How to Install Netbeans IDE on Linux 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! ;)