Re: about installing Java

[Klaus Jantzen <k.d.jantzen@t-online.de>]

On 02/13/2015 01:54 AM, Jack Chuge wrote:
> I want to install the latest version of Java on my debian desktop. Is
> there any quick way like using a terminal command? Though, I think
> debian is the most stable Linux distro I've ever used so far, on the
> other hand, I'm a newby to it. Any support is appreciated.

Goto java.com, download the jdk1.8.xxxx.tar.gz for your computer
architecture and unpack it to a suitable directory as described in the
installation instructions in the download site (all takes you 5 min.).

I put my java into "/opt/jdk1.8.0_31".
I use it e.g. to work with Eclipse.

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K.D.J.