Installing Java 7 on Ubuntu

Question

to install java I have always used the classic way from the terminal. I would like to install java manually. I placed the folder of the JDK on the desk and I set environment

Answer 1

Oracle Java 1.7.0 from .deb packages

wget https://raw.github.com/flexiondotorg/oab-java6/master/oab-java.sh
chmod +x oab-java.sh
sudo ./oab-java.sh -7
sudo apt-get update
sudo sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-jdk oracle-java7-fonts oracle-java7-source 
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Workaround for 1.7.0_51

There is an Issue 123 currently in OAB and a pull request

Here is the patched vesion:

wget https://raw.github.com/ladios/oab-java6/master/oab-java.sh
chmod +x oab-java.sh
sudo ./oab-java.sh -7
sudo apt-get update
sudo sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-jdk oracle-java7-fonts oracle-java7-source 
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade