How to install Java on Ubuntu 18.04 and derived distributions

Joaquin García

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We have recently received the latest version of Ubuntu LTS on our computers, Ubuntu 18.04, a version that comes with many programs and options by default but some add-ons or tools such as the Java package, are still not installed by default in the distribution. And that means that it is not present in the distributions that are created from Ubuntu 18.04 either.

Here we explain how to install Java in your distribution be Ubuntu 18.04 or it is any of the many distributions that are based on this distribution.

There are two ways to install Java in Ubuntu: the first one is through external repositories and the second option is through the free alternative which is becoming more and more popular among Ubuntu users.

To install Java via external repositories We have to open the terminal and execute the following commands:

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

or change the last line to the following:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-set-default

This will install the last two official versions of Java in our Ubuntu, but Java belongs to Oracle and that means that it remains proprietary even if it is freely distributed. To change this, we can choose to have the free alternative to Java using OpenJDK packages, a totally free version of Java. These packages are in the official Ubuntu repositories, so we can install it via Ubuntu Software Center or we have to open the terminal and execute the following:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk

ó

sudo apt install openjdk-9-jdk

ó

sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk

This will install OpenJDK and allow us to run any code or program that needs Java to function on Ubuntu 18.04, such as the RENTA application of the Tax Agency or as an auxiliary tool to create smartphone apps.


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  1.   Lorenzo Javier Brito Estrada said
    ago 6 years

    I hope it downloads

    Reply to Lorenzo Javier Brito Estrada
  2.   JOSE LARRAENZA said
    ago 5 years

    Thank you very much.
    sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk
    it worked very well.

    Reply to JOSE LARRAENZA
  3.   Joaquin said
    ago 5 years

    Ami is downloading I hope it works

    Reply to Joaquin
  4.   Frederick Parrotta said
    ago 4 years

    Hi,

    The jdk does not install me because it tells me the following

    "E: The openkdj-11-jdk package could not be located"

    I've looked for different ways but none of them work for me, and I don't know what to do now

    Reply to Federico Parrotta
    1.    BombLab said
      ago 4 years

      If that is what you have written you have changed the letters. It is:
      openjdk not openkdj

      Reply to BombLab