can't upgrade jenkins for java version error

Question

I have Jenkins running on my Ubuntu 14.04, and i am trying to do upgrade for jenkins using normal apt-get install jenkins, but when i try to do it, i keep getti

Answer 1

You're using Java 7, but Jenkins needs Java 8 - see: https://jenkins.io/blog/2017/04/10/jenkins-has-upgraded-to-java-8