Moving from JDK 1.7 to JDK 1.8 on Ubuntu

Question

I am on UBUNTU. JDK version currently installed is:

java version \"1.7.0_51\"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Se         


        

Answer 1

Add the repository and update apt-get:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update

Install Java8 and set it as default:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default

Check version:

java -version