INSTALLING JAVA IN UBUNTU
This post explains how to install Java in Ubuntu. You can install Iced tea java (open source) or the Oracle java. Installing Iced tea java is simple where as to install Oracle java you have to struggle a little with the command line. Let's get started. First I'll tell you how to install iced tea java and then we'll see how to install oracle java. 1. INSTALLING ICED TEA JAVA: Open a terminal by pressing CTRL + ALT + T keys or by searching for “terminal” in dash. Type the following to installed iced tea java on your machine. sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre icedtea-plugin That should install the java run time environment and the plugin for your browser. 2. INSTALLING ORACLE JAVA: To install oracle java you should first download the 32bit or 64bit Linux "compressed binary file" - it has a ".tar.gz" file extension. Now we need to uncompress the file. Right click on the file and select “ extract here ”. OR you can do it the terminal way: tar -xvf jre-7-...