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Ubuntu: Install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 16.04 via PPA

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Add the PPA

 $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

Update and install the installer script

$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install oracle-java8-installer

Set Java environment variables and Oracle JDK8 as default

$ sudo apt install oracle-java8-set-default

Check Java compiler version

$ javac -version