Friday, November 19, 2021

[SOLVED] How to install JAVA 8 Debian 8

Issue

I´ve been installing java 8 in debian jessie in this following away below:

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list

echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu trusty main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list

apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886
apt-get update && apt-get install oracle-java8-installer -y

but sunddenly , this isn't working anymore.

E: Unable to find the oracle8-java-installer package

i tried this another step below, but i getting the same error:

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

Solution

Download (oracle account needed) from

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javaee/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html

jdk-8u211-linux-x64.tar.gz

As root

cp jdk-8u211-linux-x64.tar.gz /usr/lib/jvm/

cd /usr/lib/jvm/

tar zxvf jdk-8u211-linux-x64.tar.gz

To set as default run:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/java 4

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/javac 4

update-alternatives --config java

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Then choose option 4 (because previously run update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_211/bin/java 4)

Source: https://docs.oracle.com/javase/8/docs/technotes/guides/install/linux_jdk.html#BJFJJEFG



Answered By - admlz635