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I recently installed Ubuntu 14.04 on my computer and now my Java Version is not updated. I have Java so I dont need to install - just update the current version.

Can someone please tell me the command I have to use to get Version 7 Update 65?

I have tried: apt-get update and apt-get upgrade.

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    How did you first install Java ? Is it a version provided from the Ubuntu repositories ? – Benoit Aug 8 '14 at 10:02
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Use ppa :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

if you want java8 :

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

If you ABSOLUTELY need to have the latest update of java you must manualy install from official source, follow this tuto : http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-installing-oracle-java7-on-ubuntu-linux/

But I advise you to wait as ppa update

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  • I tried this one but it will not install the newest version. I have checked it out on java-website. I have now version 7 update 65 and I want version 7 update 67. – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:10
  • I have 32-bit computer. – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:13
  • root@ubuntu:/home/kenneth# sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done oracle-java7-installer is already the newest version. 0 to upgrade, 0 to newly install, 0 to remove and 0 not to upgrade. – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:19
  • I have recently update from 12.04 version to 14.04 version if this means anything? – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:20
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    I just updated using - sudo apt-get update, and this resolved my issue. – santu Dec 27 '16 at 12:59
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The newest OpenJDK Java packaged for trusty (14.04) right now is 7u55. You can check your Java version with java -version from the command line in Terminal.

If you want a newer one your best options will be to:

  • wait for an update from Ubuntu, OR

  • install the Oracle distribution of Java which currently is at 7u65:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
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  • okay. You know when the Oracle distribution of Java will be 7u67? I tell you because danish online banks will not allow you access unless you have the 7u67 version, so I hope this will be soon. – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:33
  • kenneth@ubuntu:~$ java -version java version "1.7.0_65" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_65-b17) Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode) – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 10:39
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    Well, in this case there is no obvious reason why Danish banks are not accepting 7u65, because 7u67 (released Aug 4th, four days ago) has only one bugfix in it - which does not seem security related. – akafred Aug 8 '14 at 11:14
  • Okay, I found out it was only my bank who didnt accept access (Nordnet.dk) they are having trouble with NEM-ID in connection with java (crazy mandatory system, required by law), but told me another way to get in. Problem solved then - thanks. – kenneth Aug 8 '14 at 11:35
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Found something useful here..

Installing Java with apt-get is easy. First, update the package index:

 sudo apt-get update

Check if Java is not already installed:

 java -version

Then install java jre/jdk :

 sudo apt-get install default-jre

 sudo apt-get install default-jdk

For details please go to : https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-java-on-ubuntu-with-apt-get

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  • This worked great for me in March 2016. my system is always fairly up-to-date so just the last two commands (the installs) did it for up – Michael Durrant Mar 27 '16 at 15:09
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Updated for Ubuntu 18.04

Use ppa :

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

For more infos see: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html

if you want java9: (Now some Programs like JabRef still need Java8)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer

On http://www.webupd8.org/2015/02/install-oracle-java-9-in-ubuntu-linux.html you can see a detailed explanation how to install Java9, and how to change it to default.

if you want Java 10:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
sudo apt update
sudo apt install oracle-java10-installer

For more infos see: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/04/install-oracle-java-10-in-ubuntu-or.html

if you want Java 11:

sudo apt install openjdk-11-jre-headless
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk

If you need the latest update you can download it from

If you have problems to install the latest updates see: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-installing-oracle-java7-on-ubuntu-linux/

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  • There have been several new questions posted in the past two months asking what to do because oracle-java9-installer returns this error: download failed Oracle JDK 9 is NOT installed. dpkg: error processing package oracle-java9-installer (--configure): subprocess installed post-installation script returned error exit status 1 . oracle-java8-installer returns the same error: download failed Has this problem been fixed? – karel Feb 2 '18 at 11:37
  • @karel can you explain how to reproduce the error (or add one or two Questions where to find them?) I installed Java8 and Java9 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer sudo apt-get install oracle-java9-installer and set sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default Java 8 as default. and I do not have any problems at all – JoKalliauer Feb 2 '18 at 12:23
  • All I wanted to know is if oracle-java8-installer and oracle-java9-installer are working now, so I could update this answer. – karel Feb 2 '18 at 12:40
  • @karel Actually I only tested it on Ubuntu 16.04. I did not get any warinings installing them. – JoKalliauer Feb 3 '18 at 13:50
  • You see what my problem is is that Oracle changed the location of its Java 8 and Java 9 files and what am I supposed to do now? Am I supposed to check back every day to see if the ppa is up-to-date again and I can start recommending people to use it again? I use the open source JDK from the Ubuntu repos because that's what Oracle uses to build its Java binaries anyway. – karel Feb 3 '18 at 13:56
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Don't know why everyone has answered with oracle, but here is open jdk:

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

http://openjdk.java.net/install/

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Another possible solution is to add the PPA repository from the project ubuntu-justched available in the Github. This will provide a little bit different solution because it will download the Oracle JRE tarball to a previously configured directory and generate a DEB package from it.

That way you won't depend on somebody else packing the JRE, you will do it yourself (don't worry, it will be an automatic process).

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  • +1 for likely relevant answer. For curious users, the rationale of this solution is explained in this blog post. – user37165 Apr 4 '16 at 4:29

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