Install jdk8 in ubuntu14.10
make dir for jvm
sudo mkdir -p /usr/lib/jvm
unzip target file
sudo tar -zxvf jdk-8u40-linux-x64.tar.gz -C /usr/lib/jvm/
add env path
vi ~/.bashrc export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_40 export JRE_HOME=${JAVA_HOME}/jre export CLASSPATH=.:${JAVA_HOME}/lib:${JRE_HOME}/lib export PATH={JAVA_HOME}/bin:$PATH
updata system default jdk
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_40/bin/java 300 update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0_40/bin/javac 300 update-alternatives --config java
check java version
java --version