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112 questions linked to/from How do I install Java?
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How can I install Sun/Oracle's proprietary Java JDK 6/7/8 or JRE?
I want to install Oracle's JRE and to update to the latest version with the Software Updater when they released. Is there a Ubuntu package that is provided by Canonical or Oracle?
Before release Java ...
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Are PPAs safe to add to my system and what are some "red flags" to watch out for?
I see a lot of interesting programs out there that can only be obtained by adding a "PPA" to the system but, if I'm understanding correctly, we should stay within the official "repositories" for ...
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How to completely uninstall Java?
How can I completely remove all traces of Java on my system?
I already know how to install it in case I need it again.
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How to compile a .java file on Ubuntu?
How can I compile a .java file?
What programs will I need? If I need the Java JDK I will also need help installing that. I'm very new to Ubuntu, so any program that I need to install I will need a ...
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How do I install Oracle JDK 6? [duplicate]
Most of the software is not thoroughly tested with Java 7 and I would like to install Oracle's JDK 6.0 on Ubuntu 11.10.
Could someone please provide me the instructions for the same?
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How to install the Java plugin for Firefox?
I am trying to install Java and plugins for Firefox. I installed both the JDK and JRE.
When I try with the sudo update-alternatives --config java command it shows only one choice available.
Plugins ...
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UPNP / DLNA (client) player recommendations?
Since neither VLC stable / VLC nightly builds / Totem with Coherence Plugin work properly in oneiric I'm searching for an alternative to watch media streamed from my seagate dockstar using minidlna as ...
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How to install Eclipse using its installer
I downloaded the Linux Eclipse installer from its site. By default, it is installed in home folder. No desktop shortcuts nothing else. Just a copy to a folder.
How can I install it the same way as is ...
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How can I install Minecraft?
I have tried many tutorials but none of them are clear enough. I have also tried installing it using Wine but it won't update and Wine goes gray and stops working.
Does anybody know an easy way to ...
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How can I install yEd graph editor on Ubuntu?
yEd is a feature rich editor for hierarchical diagrams and flow charts. I would like to install it on Ubuntu. Unfortunately it doesn't appear to be available in the official repositories.
What steps ...
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bash: /usr/bin/java: No such file or directory
I have installed jdk1.8.0 manually from the oracle website.
I have followed the steps here on Digital Ocean.
When I executed java -version I got this result:-
bash: /usr/bin/java: No such file or ...
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Will Sun's Java be available from Canonical's partner repository?
I just discovered that Oracle's (Sun's) Java6 has vanished from the Canonical's partner repository.
Before Java was taken from all repositories I had purchased Minecraft for play in Ubuntu. After ...
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./configure no such file or directory even after installing build essentials
I'm trying to install Java SE 7 on my ubuntu 13.04.
I have already downloaded tar.gz file and extracted.
But when I wrote in terminal:
./configure
I saw this message
bash: ./configure: No such ...
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Java command not found even after "sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk"
I followed the instruction to set up Java on Ubuntu 11.10 from How do I install Java?.
I ran this command to install:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-6-jdk
After it succeeded and I typed java, I got ...
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Java on Ubuntu server 12.04? [duplicate]
I'm a little confused at the moment.
My back story in short, is that I'm trying to set up a Minecraft server on an Ubuntu server I've recently set up, obviously to do this I needed Java, but after ...