Installing Oracle JDK 8 on Raspberry Pi

Posted by Unknown × 8:16 PM




For installing the latest version of Oracle JDK on Raspberry Pi 3 follow the steps here.

Visit http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html, click the download button of Java Platform (JDK) 8. Click to Accept License Agreement, download jdk-8-linux-arm-vfp-hflt.tar.gz for Linux ARM v6/v7 Hard Float ABI.


Log-in Raspberry Pi, enter the command to extract jdk-8-linux-arm-vfp-hflt.tar.gz to /opt directory.
$ sudo tar zxvf jdk-8-linux-arm-vfp-hflt.tar.gz -C /opt

Set default java and javac to the new installed jdk8.
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/javac 1
$ sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/jdk1.8.0/bin/java 1

$ sudo update-alternatives --config javac
$ sudo update-alternatives --config java

After all, verify with the commands with -verion option.
$ java -version
$ javac -version

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10 comments

  1. UnknownApril 3, 2015 at 6:58 AM

    Thx, worked like a charm!

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  2. George CampbellMay 3, 2015 at 12:05 PM

    Outstanding! Thank you.

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  3. UnknownMay 3, 2015 at 6:27 PM

    Worked real good!

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  4. Triviales WissenSeptember 4, 2015 at 2:12 PM

    Thanks -- this helped me, even though I was using the Oracle Java SE Embedded -- same principles at work.

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  5. MotleyJanuary 9, 2016 at 8:49 PM

    FYI, 'sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-jdk' worked for me, now that it is included in the Raspbian repos.

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  6. UnknownFebruary 10, 2016 at 11:32 AM

    Put this at the end of your /etc/profile
    export JAVA_HOME="/path/to/java/jdk"
    export PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin

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  7. StuartAugust 2, 2016 at 11:52 PM

    Thankyou! This helped fix the recent issues with my.openHAB servers moving to letsencrypt.org certificates and requiring a java update!

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  8. UnknownOctober 31, 2016 at 4:52 AM

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  9. (o|O)_whatisitfrom__(O|o)November 26, 2016 at 7:12 AM

    Thank :)

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  10. UnknownDecember 4, 2016 at 6:06 AM

    use command:
    wget --no-check-certificate \
    http://www.java.net/download/jdk8/archive/b132/binaries/jdk-8-fcs-b132-linux-arm-vfp-hflt-03_mar_2014.tar.gz

    to download java file from pi command line

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