Installing Java 7 on Ubuntu 12.04

Posted: 27th March 2013 by Jab in Server, Ubuntu
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Installing Java on Ubuntu 12.04 – to the novice can be a not so easy task .. but thanks to my installs of this OS on my server I believe I have it down pat .. here is what I do .. and this should work for you as well ..

First you just want to make sure you are up to date

$ sudo apt-get update

Next

$ sudo apt-get upgrade

Next we will install python-software-properties
This software provides an abstraction of the used apt repositories. It allows you to easily manage your distribution and independent software vendor software sources.

$ sudo apt-get install python-software-properties

 

Now that this is installed we can install the repositories needed to install Oracle Sun Java

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

 

You can also install JDK

$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

 

Questions, Comments, Concerns – Leave them in the comments

~Jab