Question: How Do I Download Java on Linux Mint?

How do I install Java on Linux Mint?

How to install Oracle JDK on Linux Mint

1. Open up the Terminal (Alt + F2 > Terminal).
2. Remove OpenJDK installation. …
3. Download Oracle JDK from here. …
4. Change directory into one with downloaded tarball. …
5. Extract tarball. …
6. As a root create a folder in /opt where jdk will be stored. …
7. Move extracted folder to /opt/java.

How do I install Java on Linux?

Java for Linux Platforms

1. Change to the directory in which you want to install. Type: cd directory_path_name. …
2. Move the . tar. gz archive binary to the current directory.
3. Unpack the tarball and install Java. tar zxvf jre-8u73-linux-i586.tar.gz. The Java files are installed in a directory called jre1. …
4. Delete the . tar.