Installing jdk8 on ubuntu- “unable to locate package” update doesn't fix

Question

I\'ve been trying to install the jdk on my ubuntu after downloading it.

first I\'ve used: sudo apt-get update

then: sudo apt-get install jdk*

Answer 1

In my case:

sudo -E add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt install  oracle-java12-installer

that works fine