How to Install Oracle JDK 8 on MX Linux Easy Guide

Installing

2. 2. Downloading

   Download Oracle Java SE JDK8 for Linux.

   Oracle JDK8 i586/x8664 tar.gz

   Oracle Jdk8

3. 3. Extracting

   Then Extract into /tmp
   Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:

   
   Or from Shell:

   tar xvfz ~/Downloads/jdk-8*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing

   Then to Install Oracle JDK 8
   First, Make a jvm Directory if Not already there with:

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

   Set the root superUser as owner:

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

   Again reiterate the Execution Permission also over the Java binaries:

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

   Finally, to Shift the Java contents:

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