Jun
06
2016
How to install Java 8 OpenJDK
By abernal
In order to install the Java 8 SDK, we can follow two procedures
First Option
1. Add the repository to get openjdk
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
2. Update the repositories
sudo apt-get update
3. Install the openjdk-8-jdk
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
4. Configure java
sudo update-alternatives --config java
5. Configure javac
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
Second Option
1. Get the jdk tar gz file
