Re: about installing Java

[Ric Moore <wayward4now@gmail.com>]

On 02/13/2015 03:46 AM, Klaus Jantzen wrote:
> 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.

That leaves you about 20 some-odd alternatives to configure. No good for 
a newbie. Using the ppa, as mentioned, handles all of that. Ric



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