Install Java 8 JDK on Ubuntu

In this tutorial you will learn how to install latest Java 8 on Ubuntu or LinuxMint via PPA.

If you are using Windows please check the Windows Java installation guide instead.

The Oracle Java PPA installation works on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, 16.04 LTS, 15.10, 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and LinuxMint distributions.

First add the PPA repository

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

After completing the installation you can verify it by typing

$ java -version

You should see similar output (depending on your Java version)

The PPA repository also provides a utility to set up your environment variables:

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