How to Install Oracle Java 8 (JDK 8u25) In Ubuntu & LinuxMint Via PPA

Oracle JAVA 8 stable has been released on Mar,18 2014 and available to download and install on official download page. Oracle Java PPA for Ubuntu and LinuxMint is being maintained by Webupd8 Team. JAVA 8 is released with many of new features and security updates, read more about whats new in Oracle Java 8.

This article will help you to Install Oracle JAVA 8 (JDK/JRE 8u25) on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and 10.04 and LinuxMint systems using PPA File. To Install Java 8 in CentOS, Redhat and Fedora read This Article.

Step 1: Install Java 8 (JDK 8)

Add the webupd8team java PPA repository in our system and install Oracle java8 using following set of commands.

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

Step 2: Verify JAVA Version

After successfully installing oracle java using above step verify installed version using following command.

$ java -version

java version "1.8.0_25"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode)

Step 3: Setup JAVA Environment

Webupd8team is providing a package to set environment variables, Install this package using following command.

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

References:
https://launchpad.net/~webupd8team/+archive/java