How to download and Install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu via Terminal

A short easy to understand step by step Tutorial on how to download and install Oracle's Java 8 jdk on Ubuntu/Linux using a Terminal.

Note: The Java Version might change in the future, please make sure you update the version number in every command line. For example 1.8.0_112 to 1.8.0_115 or 8u112 to 8u115

1. Step - Download

Note: You may change the link to match newer versions

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3. Step Creating Java 8 Installation Directory

sudo mkdir /opt/Oracle_Java
sudo mv jdk1.8.0_112/ /opt/Oracle_Java/

4. Step Installing Java 8

(execute one by one)

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/java" 1

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/javac" 1

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/javaws" 1

sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/jar" "jar" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/jar" 1

sudo update-alternatives --set "java" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/java"

sudo update-alternatives --set "javac" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/javac"

sudo update-alternatives --set "javaws" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/javaws"

sudo update-alternatives --set "jar" "/opt/Oracle_Java/jdk1.8.0_112/bin/jar"