Oracle JDK installation in Ubuntu

Since Oracle’s Sun Java JDK packages has been removed from the Ubuntu partner repositories. Now we are left with two option:  either go with Open JDK or Oracle JDK. The fundamental difference between open jdk and oracle jdk is OpenJDK is a reference model and open source, while Oracle JDK is an implementation of the OpenJDK and is not open source and Oracle JDK is more stable than OpenJDK. I preferred Oracle JDK (more support and not buggy). Yes its true, Oracle JDK installation is little more time consuming than running direct command but it is one time activity.

Java installation in Ubuntu:-

Please follow below steps and install oracle JDK. Refer Install-Oracle-Java-on-Ubuntu-Linux (Diagrams might be helpful).

1. First check your machine is 32 bit or 64 bit Linux box (32 bit and 64 bit refers to architecture of operating system).
   Open terminal and execute following command <file /sbin/init> and verify it is 32 bit or 64 bit.
   

   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/lib$ file /sbin/init
   /sbin/init: ELF 64-bit LSB  shared object, x86-64, version 1 (SYSV), dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.24, BuildID[sha1]=7a4c688d009fc1f06ffc692f5f42ab09e68582b2, stripped

   64-bit LSB indicates 64 bit OS architecture.
2. Remove all other Java installation if any. Execute following command to remove Open JDk or others installation, its better to remove to avoid any conflict.
   

   zytham@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get purge openjdk-\*
   

3. Download latest oracle JDK from oracle official website and it will be downloaded in Downloads folder of Linux box. Note,I have downloaded 64 bit oracle JDK and file name is "jdk-8u60-linux-x64.tar.gz",select the correct compressed binaries as per your OS architecture.
   Now create a new folder under /usr/local and move the downloaded JDK in that folder under and verify it has been moved successfully.Execute following command for the same in sequence.
   

   zytham@ubuntu:~$ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/java
   zytham@ubuntu:~$ sudo mv /home/zytham/Downloads/jdk-8u60-linux-x64.tar.gz /usr/local/java/
   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/local/java$ ls /usr/local/java/
   jdk-8u60-linux-x64.tar.gz
   

4. Unpack the compressed Java binaries present in  /usr/local/java using following command and verify a new folder jdk1.x.x created.

   zytham@ubuntu:~$ cd /usr/local/java/
   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/local/java$ sudo tar -xvzf jdk-8u60-linux-x64.tar.gz 
   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/local/java$ ls
   jdk1.8.0_60  jdk-8u60-linux-x64.tar.gz
   

5. Update system variable :-  Open /etc/profile using vi or gedit using following command.

   zytham@ubuntu:~$ sudo gedit /etc/profile
   

   Now add following line in opened file(updating system variables in PATH file) and save it. After update it should look like as following diagram.

   JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_60
   JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre
   PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JRE_HOME/bin
   export JAVA_HOME
   export JRE_HOME
   export PATH

   
   Test whether we have updated correctly or not:- source is used to reload the file in system and that's why we are able to see recently updated value. If we do not execute first command echo $JAVA_HOME will not return any output.

   zytham@ubuntu:~$ source /etc/profile
   zytham@ubuntu:~$ echo $JAVA_HOME
   /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_60
   

6. Now we are 2 steps away from completing java execution:- If we have multiple Java version in our system or we have Open JDK installed, we need to communicate Ubuntu Linux system where is our recently installed Oracle JDK and if we want to make it default java. Execute following command:
   1. Inform Ubuntu Linux system where our Oracle Java JDK is located.
   

   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/bin$ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_60/jre/bin/java" 1
   [sudo] password for zytham: 
   update-alternatives: using /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_60/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in auto mode
   

   
   2. Inform Ubuntu Linux system that Oracle JDK must be the default Java.

   Inform your Ubuntu Linux system that Oracle JDK must be the default Java.
   zytham@ubuntu:/usr/bin$ sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/local/java/jdk1.8.0_60/jre/bin/java
   

7. It's time to test Java is in place in our system or not.Execute following command and do copy/paste sample java program in file opened and save it.

   zytham@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ gedit Sample.java
   

   copy following sample code:-
   

   class Sample{
     public static void main(String []strArg){
       System.out.println("Installed   successfully!!!"); 
      }
   }
   

   Compile above java program and run using the following commands. If you have followed the steps correctly you will see the success message.

   zytham@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ javac Sample.java
   zytham@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ java Sample 
   Installed successfully!!!
   zytham@ubuntu:~/Desktop$ gedit Sample.java
   

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