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  1. 1. So you have to wait to use OpenJDK8

  • If you really want to use OpenJDK, you have to compile from source. There is not still any PPA for OpenJDK. It has been requested at https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+bug/1297065

  • I recommend you to use Webup8 Oracle Java8 Installer

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sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java -y
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
  • To automatically set up the Java 8 environment variables
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sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
  • Check it
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java -version
So you have to wait to use OpenJDK8
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  1. 1. So you have to wait to use OpenJDK8