Install Java 8 in debian Jessie

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I've tried to install Java 8 into a ARM embedded linux in several ways but none of them worked:

First: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html

(from the repositories of webupd8)

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/dists/trusty/InRelease Unable to find expected entry 'main/binary-armel/Packages' in Release file (Wrong sources.list entry or malformed file)

W: Failed to fetch http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu/dists/jessie/main/binary-armel/Packages 404 Not Found

E: Some index files failed to download. They have been ignored, or old ones used instead.

It seems that this repo does not have the source for my architecture:

Architectures: amd64 arm64 armhf i386 powerpc ppc64el

And i need armel ( at least this is working for java 7 )

I also tried this way: http://www.rpiblog.com/2014/03/installing-oracle-jdk-8-on-raspberry-pi.html

Downloading the jdk from Oracle and then following the instructions.

But i cannot execute the file :

root@arietta:~# java -version -bash: /usr/bin/java: No such file or directory

and neither:

root@arietta:~# /opt/jdk1.8.0_71/bin/java -version -bash: /usr/bin/java: No such file or directory

While the file exists and has the correct permissions... i'm going crazy..

Any idea or alternative method?

i also tried this (the link there is for linux 64 bits, i'm getting another version), still not working, is the same as the second alternative i posted — user2528085, Feb 01 '16 at 14:14
What does `update-alternatives --display java` show? Is your debian 32 or 64 bit? Which version of java did you download (32 vs 64)? This may be relevant to you: http://askubuntu.com/questions/207552 — assylias, Feb 01 '16 at 15:04
`update-alternatives --display java` displays the 2 diferent version paths that i hve, but then when i select the 1.8 is not working, i get this message. I'm using ARM, i already tried this from askubuntu before and it's also not working.. :S — user2528085, Feb 02 '16 at 11:05

score 44 · Accepted Answer · edited Sep 26 '18 at 11:53

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At the end i solved it adding jessie backports to the sources.list:

echo deb http://http.debian.net/debian jessie-backports main >> /etc/apt/sources.list

apt-get update && apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

update-alternatives --config java

edited Sep 26 '18 at 11:53

answered Feb 02 '16 at 15:30

user2528085

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I get an error: "**-bash: /etc/apt/sources.list: Permission denied**" – IgorGanapolsky Sep 19 '16 at 05:06
@IgorGanapolsky You need to run the commands as root or using `sudo` – Reinstate Monica -- notmaynard Sep 30 '16 at 02:52
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i have added above to /etc/apt/sources.list, but still get 404 not found – questionasker Mar 11 '17 at 07:27
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See https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/342403/openjdk-8-jre-headless-depends-ca-certificates-java-but-it-is-not-going-to-be for recent issue with new certificates and fix. – garec Sep 01 '17 at 14:39
How did you manage to get the GPG key imported with these commands? – Fredrik Wendt Jun 17 '18 at 07:21

score 9 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 08 '17 at 03:04

I ran the following commands from the webupd8 team and it worked for me: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/03/how-to-install-oracle-java-8-in-debian.html

su -
echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial main" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu xenial main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/webupd8team-java.list
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886
apt-get update
apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
exit

works fine for me inside a docker container (library/node) – Thami Bouchnafa Jul 31 '17 at 14:09 — Thami Bouchnafa, Jul 31 '17 at 14:09

sudoz · Answer 3 · 2016-10-21T09:50:04.390

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Same as @user2528085, you just need to add Debian backports to your sourcelist file.

Follow this instruction on Debian official site https://backports.debian.org/Instructions/

Run these commands in shell:

echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/jessie-backports.list

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elasticsearch

Nothing difficult

edited Oct 21 '16 at 09:50

answered Oct 21 '16 at 08:09

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