sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default
If you want to install Java 7 (i.e. Java 1.7), just replace java8 with java7 in the above commands.
https://itsfoss.com/install-java-ubuntu-1404/