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I am trying to install java8 on ubuntu server version 14.04.

I am trying:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

and I get:

Cannot add PPA: 'ppa:webupd8team/java'. Please check that the PPA name or format is correct.

It works on ubuntu 16.04.

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  • I just checked that the ppa repository is available for Ubuntu 14.04 so it must be a typo error or a circumstantial connection problem. Try adding ppa:webupd8team/java from the software source window
    – user186255
    Oct 3, 2017 at 16:13
  • what is the software source window?
    – Mubashar Abbas
    Oct 3, 2017 at 16:24
  • Or try again, works here to add on 14.04
    – doug
    Oct 3, 2017 at 17:16
  • I tried a lot of times.. didn't work. This did though.. tecadmin.net/install-java-8-on-debian
    – Mubashar Abbas
    Oct 3, 2017 at 17:22

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I do not know how it will be said in English. There is an application for managing software sources. This has a tab to add repositories manuallyenter image description here

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  • i am on ubuntu server.. not on desktop, so how can i do that on the server.
    – Mubashar Abbas
    Oct 3, 2017 at 17:01

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