Was installing Java today, this is an easy install thanks to "
ppa:webupd8team/java", but when I tried it was not working, but has worked for me all this while. Little goggling around found me a solution. Here is full conversation if you wanted to have a look
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2048793
Installing JAVA on Ubuntu is simple. Do the below to add the repository and run the below command '
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer' to install.
ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get update ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done E: Unable to locate package oracle-java7-installer
Solution is to do the below.
ahmed@ubuntu:~$ sudo su root@ubuntu:~$ echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list root@ubuntu:~$ echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list root@ubuntu:~$ apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys EEA14886 root@ubuntu:~$ apt-get update root@ubuntu:~$ apt-get install oracle-java7-installer root@ubuntu:~$ exit ahmed@ubuntu:~$ ahmed@ubuntu:~$ java -version java version "1.7.0_60" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_60-b19) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.60-b09, mixed mode) ahmed@ubuntu:~$
All done. !!!