Install JDK-8 on Ubuntu 14.04 using Terminal | OpenJDK 8

Install JDK-8 on ubuntu 14 04 using Terminal | OpenJDK 8

To install OpenJdk 8 on ubuntu follow the below steps:-

1.Open the "Terminal" using "Dash"
2.Run the below commands in terminal
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
java -version
That's it guys you have sucessfullt installed JDK 8 on Linux - ubuntu 14.04.Follow the same steps to install jdk on latest versions of ubuntu such as ubuntu 14.01 ,ubuntu 15.04 ,ubuntu 15.10

Jdk is a must for the people who are interested to learn java or Android Programming / Development

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[svenschroder]

It says: E: could not create the Java Virtual Machine. I need some help here

[svenschroder]

Thanks. But after installation it still shows that I am running on Java 1.7. Where can I tell the system to regard the new version?

[santhoshv]

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
why?


TELL ME OKAY!

[priyanjankumar]

Do you realise that installing any version of JDK 8 or any JDK is not what we need. Many people need to install a very specific version of JDK or has to take care that the JDK should be above a particular version. What about that ? How do we install a specific jdk version which we want ?