How do I install the Sun/Oracle Java SDK on Ubuntu?

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Since 11.10 Ubuntu does not provide the sun-java-jdk, how do I install it?

Rodja

Posted 2011-11-04T15:50:25.217

Reputation: 1 167

One other problem with openJDK (at least coupled with Nvidia cards) is when using Java2D, transparency is extremely slow, while with Sun it is blazing fast. – vextorspace – 2011-12-16T14:26:48.577

I have it in this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19446284&postcount=62

– None – 2011-11-24T17:24:36.910

3Here's a quick tutorial for installing JDK7 on Ubuntu. – blackcompe – 2011-11-04T18:08:00.393

Answers

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NOTE: Some of the contents of this answer might have become obsolete and there are some comments where people have reported problems. You're advised to read through the comments first.

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-plugin

[Source]

Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

Clean up the historical open jdk:

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

Add a new repo and install the sdk:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

If you want the JRE and the browser plugin:

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

[Source]

Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) - another way

Thanks to the comments, please note that you can try this method too: http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

Make the sun java the default

You may want to also add the following

sudo update-alternatives --config java

You should get the following

Selection Path Priority Status

0 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin/java 1 auto mode 1 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/bin/java 1 manual mode * 2 /usr/lib/jvm/java-7-oracle/jre/bin/java 1 manual mode

Press enter to keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 2

Select (2) and press enter

Now running:

java -version

Returns:

java version "1.7.0_04" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_04-b20) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 23.0-b21, mixed mode)

JMax

Posted 2011-11-04T15:50:25.217

Reputation: 3 005

@Renaud I've approved the edit, in case somebody runs into the same issues. – slhck – 2011-11-22T10:45:05.427

Is there any up to date repo? – Paweł Prażak – 2012-04-22T18:12:41.020

@PawełPrażak: there is no point in downvoting when you didn't find what you expected... yet, I've edited the answer with a seeminlgy working solution for Ubundu 12.04. I cannot test it right here, please tell us if it works or edit the post with a wokring solution. – JMax – 2012-04-23T06:39:54.903

@JMax sorry, but I'm not sure what do you mean, the thing is that this repo contains 1.6.0_26 - it's outdated and have lots of unfixed security issues. But anyway I\ve found a almost perfect solution, see below :) – Paweł Prażak – 2012-04-25T17:46:55.463

9I get a bad error with these instructions for 12.04: sha256sum mismatch jdk-7u3-linux-x64.tar.gz Oracle JDK 7 is NOT installed. – Jay Taylor – 2012-05-28T05:46:28.163

@JayTaylor: are you sure your download worked properly? did you try it all over again? This kind of error is more likely a partial or incorrect download – JMax – 2012-05-28T19:01:54.010

2This failed for me as well. Same error. Nightmare. – Whit – 2012-05-29T19:13:30.117

@JayTaylor do not use ppa:eugenesan/java, it's broken. ppa:webupd8team/java works fine. – Ekevoo – 2012-06-13T01:39:48.043

on 11.10 sudo apt-get update returns this `W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net oneiric Release: The following signatures couldn't be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2EA8F35793D8809A W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/source/Sources 404 Not Found

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/sun-java-community-team/sun-java6/ubuntu/dists/oneiric/main/binary-amd64/Packages 404 Not Found`

– SSH This – 2012-06-14T00:50:59.857

To install on 12.04, this was the only way I could do it: http://www.liberiangeek.net/2012/04/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-12-04-precise-pangolin/

– Steve HHH – 2012-06-15T05:02:14.887

This is terrible I wish I had read the comments, I wish I could downvote... please fix this. :( – z7sg Ѫ – 2012-06-20T21:42:46.497

1@z7sgѪ: please note that instead of complaining you can edit the answer, it will be peer reviewed and if relevand approved. This way, this (very old) answer will remain up-to-date. – JMax – 2012-06-21T05:16:36.213

2I needed to install oracle jdk 1.6 on lubuntu 12.04 and none of the provided PPA's worked. Didn't want to mess with binary installers so i just used add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/java and then replaced 'precise' with 'oneiric' in synaptic. So now I have 1.6.0_26 on precise - not the latest but enough for me. – ccpizza – 2012-07-07T17:52:52.730

The 12.04 way also works on 12.10 – Vlad Preda – 2013-04-13T21:20:17.113

Looks like eugenesan/java is some really-really nasty ppa. First of all it is broken. Even if I remove it from Software Center, it does not go away! I tried to purge it as well, still no luck. Had to reinstall the OS. – Bhushan – 2013-09-07T22:52:14.290

@JMax please remove this answer, as other people says its toxic! – Tommaso Barbugli – 2013-10-02T06:24:26.813

1@TommasoBarbugli: I've changed my answer to a community wiki. Feel free to edit and complete it if you think this is necessary – JMax – 2013-10-03T14:47:30.810

For those who corrupted your system, this link might be of your help http://askubuntu.com/a/126419/24203

– IsaacS – 2013-10-16T02:16:53.520

There is very good page on official Ubuntu wiki. There you can find all recommended methods. I've used this excellent automatic script.

Make sure git is installed:

sudo apt-get install git

Sun/Oracle Java 1.6.0

Build local debs:

wget https://raw.github.com/flexiondotorg/oab-java6/master/oab-java.sh
chmod +x oab-java.sh
sudo ./oab-java.sh

Script will build packages from source and place them in local repo, then they can be installed e.g.:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-source

You can see all available packages in /var/local/oab/deb

Remember to select the right version:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

To setup everything else (like browser plugin, keytool, etc.) you can use this (it will be a long list!):

sudo update-alternatives --all

The script is a wrapper for this Debian script, if you're curious ;)

Oracle Java 1.7.0_51

There is an Issue 123 currently in OAB and a pull request

Here is the patched vesion:

wget https://raw.github.com/ladios/oab-java6/master/oab-java.sh
chmod +x oab-java.sh
sudo ./oab-java.sh -7

sudo apt-get update
sudo sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-jdk oracle-java7-fonts oracle-java7-source