penJDK 8 was released in March
2014. It’s available in Ubuntu Software Center for Ubuntu 14.10 and
Ubuntu 15.04. Someone has reported
in launchpad asking for packaging openjdk-8 in
Ubuntu 14.04, but no luck so far.
As a workaround, you can install
OpenJDK 8 from a
1. Open terminal from the Dash or
by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T. When it opens, run the command below to add
PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
此处记得按随意键,然后继续安装
Type in user password when it asks and hit Enter to continue.
2. After that, update system package cache and install OpenJDK 8:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk
3. If you have more than one Java versions installed on your system. Run below command set the default Java:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Type in a number to select a Java version.
And set default Java Compiler by running:
sudo update-alternatives --config javac
4. Finally check out current Java version by running:
java -version
It outputs something like this:
openjdk version "1.8.0_01-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_01-internal-b04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b08, mixed mode)