InstallWindowsOnUbuntu12. Install Oracle Java 8 In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint Via PPA Repository JDK8 Web Upd. Ubuntu Linux blog. Update Oracle Java 8 is now stable. Below youll find instructions on how to install it in Ubuntu Linux Mint via a PPA repository. The PPA supports JDK8 for both 3. As of Ubuntu 14. 04. LTS, trying to install smbfs yeilds Package smbfs is not available, but is referred to by another package. This may mean that the package is. In my last post of Hana with odbc on Ubuntu 12. I mentioned I will write another post about how to install HANA client on Linux, well, here it is. Install HANA. Install Windows On Ubuntu 12.04ARM ARM v. Hard Float ABI theres no JDK 8 ARM Soft Float ABI archive available for download on Oracles website. As a reminder, the Web. Upd. 8 Oracle Java PPA doesnt include any Java binaries, just a script that automatically downloads and install Oracle Java 8. Everything is done automatically so youll get updates through the update manager for JDK8 which includes JRE8 and the Java browser plugin. Its also important to note that the Oracle Java 8 installer is considered in alpha and is offered without any guarantees Use it at your own risk. If you ISP or router blocks the ports used by the Oracle Java 8 download servers, the installation may fail. If you want to install Oracle Java 7 instead, see THIS post PPA for all supported Ubuntu Linux Mint versions. Debian users will find installation instructions in the following article How To Install Oracle Java 8 In Debian Via Repository JDK8Install Oracle Java 8 JDK8 and JRE8 in Ubuntu or Linux Mint. Desktop Sharing in Ubuntu 12. RDP remote desktop protocol,so we need to install xrdp to allow connection from Windows 7 Remote Desktop. The installer provides Oracle Java 8 which includes Java JDK, JRE and the Java browser plugin. However, you cant only install Oracle JRE the PPA only provides the full Oracle JDK8 package. Our PPA supports Ubuntu 1. Linux Mint 1. 8, 1. Add the PPA and install Oracle Java 8 the package provides both JDK8 and JRE8 using the following commands sudo add apt repository ppa webupd. Update October 2. Previously, this package would increment the Java priority to make it default. The oracle java. Java priority to 1. Java packages you may have installed for instance, if Java 7 is also installed, Java 8 becomes default, but if Java 9 is installed, Java 8 doesnt become default. Download Ubuntu desktop and replace your current operating system whether its Windows or Mac OS, or, run Ubuntu alongside it. Whether you want to configure a. Ubuntu 12. 04 LTS reached its regular End of Life on April 28, 2017. No more package updates, including security updates, will be accepted to the 12. There is a way to install Ubuntu 12. LTS Precise Pangolin on computers without PAE support using the nonPAE netboot Minimal ISO. Heres how to get Ubuntu 12. VMware Player on a Windows 7 host. Arma. This is a complete tutorial to show you how to share folders over the local network in Ubuntu. Do you have multiple devices in your home Do you have to use Flash. To make Java 8 default, you must install the oracle java. Java environment variables and sets it as default, which I added as a Recommended package to oracle java. In Ubuntu, recommended packages are automatically installed, so oracle java. In Linux Mint on the other hand, recommended packages are not installed by default, so you must install this package manually if you want to set Oracle Java 8 as default. So, if you want to set Oracle Java 8 as default, no matter what other Java versions are installed, make sure that you install the oracle java. Oracle Java Installer package in Ubuntu, but not in Linux Mint sudo apt get install oracle java. If you dont want to make Oracle Java 8 default it might still be set as default, depending on what other Java versions you may have installed, install the oracle java. Note removing the oracle java. I have yet to find a way to do this properly. If you dont want to set it as default, remove both oracle java. Tip if youre behind a firewall router that blocks some of the redirects required to download the Oracle Java archive, you can download the JDK tar. After installing Oracle Java and the oracle java. JavaTM SE Runtime Environment build 1. Java Hot. SpotTM 6. Bit Server VM build 2. Or, javac version andreiandrei desktop javac version. And so on. Automated installation auto accept licenseThe installer requires you to accept the Oracle license before the installation begins. This is only required once. If for some reason you need the installation to be automated, you can run the following command to automatically accept the Oracle license echo oracle java. Switching between Oracle Java 9 and Java 7. You can have both Java 8 and Java 9 installed in the same time, but only one can be set as default. To set which is default, simply install its set default package oracle java. Oracle Java 8, or oracle java.