Posted on by Daniel Cassiero

Install Oracle JDK 8 on Ubuntu Server

I am trying to evaluate the MySQL plugin for NewRelic so I have to install a JRE on the MySQL server. Gut instinct tells me to go with Oracle JRE….not the alternatives. So, Here is what I did to install JRE 8.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

If you receive an error while adding the ppa, something like this:

error sudo: add-apt-repository: command not found

then

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties