Bash script that automates installation of Oracle Java (JDK) on Ubuntu Linux and its derivatives (like Linux Mint).
Download the desired JDK archive (.tar.gz) from Oracle website:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
Usage: ./ujavainstaller.sh [options] jdk-archive-file.tar.gz
Available options are:
--remove-openjdk
Removes (purges) OpenJDK from the system. Using this option
ensures that OpenJDK is not present in the system, therefore
no application will use it instead of Oracle JDK.
Use this option with caution, as APT may remove other packages
through dependencies. Before APT start removing OpenJDK from
the system it will ask for your confirmation and display
a complete list of software it is going to remove along with
OpenJDK.
--help
Displays this help message.
NOTE
Before running the script make sure it has permissions to execute and you run it with root permissions.
Set execution permissions with chmod +x ujavainstaller.sh
and execute it with root permissions with sudo ./ujavainstaller.sh
The jdk-8u72-linux-x64.tar.gz file was previously downloaded from the Oracle Website.
adam@Adam-Laptop ~/Temp $ chmod +x ujavainstaller.sh
adam@Adam-Laptop ~/Temp $ sudo ./ujavainstaller.sh jdk-8u72-linux-x64.tar.gz
Ubuntu Java Installer
Validating the archive file... OK
Extracting the archive... OK
Updating /etc/profile ... OK
Updating system alternatives... OK
Verifying Java installation... OK
Java is successfully installed!
java version "1.8.0_72"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_72-b15)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.72-b15, mixed mode)
adam@Adam-Laptop ~/Temp $
See my article about how to install Java on Ubuntu with UbuntuJavaInstaller.
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