Download and Install Oracle Java Runtime Environment 1.8 on Ubuntu

Oracle JRE (formerly : Sun JRE) is a standard environment that many people need it to fullfil many needs particularly in internet based activities. For me, I need Java Runtime Environment to download Youtube videos by using Keepvid that needs JRE browser plugin.

But, so many newbie Linux users are confused about how to install JRE on Linux, particularly on Ubuntu Linux ? Actually, there are two choices to install JRE on Ubuntu Linux :

(1) Install IcedTea Plugin (open source fork of Oracle Java), and it is installable via Ubuntu Software Center.

(2) Install the official JRE package from Oracle. This way is more difficult and complicated than the first, but if want, we could follow the instruction from the download page.

Technically, there is no difference between IcedTea and Oracle JRE plugin, but sometimes, a post-Windows users always ask how to install "real" JRE plugin on Ubuntu Linux. Because of, the second way is difficult, then I considered to pack the "official" Oracle JRE package into a debian installer and finally I'm done.

And the version I chose is Oracle JRE 1.8 (snapshot / pre-release version) that has been checked and worked very good on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and in Mozilla Firefox 15. I packed the package into a deb so we can install it easily by terminal command :

sudo dpkg -i oracle-jre-8_1.8.0-13092012_i386.deb.

Download (i386 only)

oracle-jre-8_1.8.0-13092012_i386.deb

Comments

Q4OS 4.6 "Gemini" Review: A Real Hidden Gem

Distro hopping is a fun adventure. It's a pure joy you can only find in GNU/Linux world. It's a nature you want to escape from what I call 'comfort ecosystem'. You need to play, trying something new even for a few little differences. For a long time I've been using Ubuntu family as my daily driver. The main reason is probably just same as any other Ubuntu user: it's reliable. You can't go wrong with Ubuntu. It works almost in any device, even for the newest one. It is the ultimate Linux distro you can rely on. However, sometimes, you will feel bored. The temptation to flirt with other new distro is unbearable. There are a lot of hot new Linux distros waiting to try. A Real Hidden Gem I've known this distro for a quite long time. At first, it offered Trinity Desktop as the main desktop, which brings me the sweet memories about KDE3. It is simply fast, stable, almost without any issue, and it is based on Debian. I install it on my old machine and I love t...

How To Install Mac OS X Lion Theme On Lubuntu / LXDE

Lubuntu 12.04 with Mac OS X Lion Theme, xcompmgr & cairo-dock [click to enlarge] Mac OS X is the special one in the Desktop market. So many people admire it because of its beauty, safety (yes, it is an UNIX) and its profesional image as “an OS for profesional modern art designer”. Yeah, Mac OS X has beautiful look and I do like its look-n-feel. And so, there are so many theme patcher to make our Microsoft Windows or Linux OS become Mac OS X in the appearance. In Linux Desktop, there are some project specialized in designing theme transformation pack to make our Linux desktop to be looked like Mac OS X. The most popular project probably is Mac4Lin. But, all of those projects was designed only for GNOME or sometimes support XFCE and how about LXDE? Our Star in the current lightweight Linux desktop? (Yes, LXDE is the most light-but-complete Linux desktop for now). Until now, there is no project that officially support LXDE. Basically, LXDE uses gtk (now still stay w...

QMMP Skins Pack for Ubuntu/Debian

QMMP is a great Winamp Like music player. For me, this is the greatest current living Winamp Like Music Player in Linux (Audacious seems to be more “gtk” interfaced music player than classic winamp). This is based on QT but works smooth and fast enough in gtk based desktops (lxde, xfce, gnome). For you that don't know yet what is QMMP, this is a popular app and installable easily by apt in Ubuntu and or Debian (squeeze, wheezy, sid) : sudo apt-get install qmmp Because of this, I decided to pack some cool Winamp classic skins to be a Debian package to fullfil the lack of additional skins in default QMMP installation. These are the skins : AmpBurger Bang & Olufsen DaizedAmp iTunesLeopard Kenwood-KDC-2019 Rapture s1-1.5d Winamp5-XMMS Winamp Classic And this is the file qmmp-skins-pack-0.1-all.deb you can download and install it to eyecandy your QMMP Player. Happy Linuxing !

NAMAKU TUX

Search This Blog