How to install Oracle Java 11 in Ubuntu

Background

In one of my previous posts I had covered how you can install Java 8 in your Ubuntu machine. In this post I will show how you can install Java 11 which is the latest SE version released (April 2019).

Oracle Java 11 is first LTS (Long term support) of Oracle Java release. 

NOTE: Oracle uses a commercial license now. You can download and use Oracle java for development and testing without any cost but to use it in production you need to pay a fee. 

If you do not want to pay you can always use Open JDK 11. From Java 11 forward, therefore, Oracle JDK builds and OpenJDK builds will be essentially identical. You can read more about this -

• Oracle JDK Releases for Java 11 and Later

How to install Oracle Java 11 in Ubuntu

You can get Oracle Java 11 installer using linuxuprising PPA. To add this PPA execute following commands -

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
• sudo apt-get update

 To install the installer execute the following command -

• sudo apt-get install oracle-java11-installer

You would need to accept the terms and conditions and continue with the installer. Once installed you can check the version of Java installed with following command -

• java -version

To make Java 11 default you can install following package / execute following command -

• sudo apt-get install oracle-java11-set-default

If you do not want this as default simply remove above pacakge  -

• sudo apt-get remove oracle-java11-set-default

Related Links

• Installing Oracle Java 8 In Ubuntu Or Linux Mint Via PPA Repository [JDK8](OSFG) 
•  How To Install Oracle Java 11 In Ubuntu, Linux Mint Or Debian (From PPA Repository)