STEPS TO INSTALL JAVA ON LINUX x64 AND SETTING JAVA PATH

STEPS TO INSTALL JAVA ON LINUX x64 AND SETTING JAVA PATH

step1: download the javaSE jdk-8u11-linux-x64.tar.gz step2: open the terminal and unzip the tar file $ tar -zxvf jdk-8u101-linux-x64.tar.gz step3: copy the unzip folder to usr/lib/java, $ cd /usr/lib $ sudo mkdir java $ cd ~/home/user/Downloads $ sudo mv jdk1.8.0_101/ /usr/lib/java $ cd /usr/java/java1.8.0_101/bin step4: Run the below commands sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_101/bin/java" 1 sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_101/bin/javac" 1 sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_101/bin/javaws" 1 step5: update the JAVA_HOME in your ~/.bashrc #JAVA HOME directory setup export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_101 export PATH="$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin" VERIFY: $ java -version jdk1.8.0_101 version $ echo $JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/java/jdk1.8.0_101