Does Anyone Know How To Install Java on Linux?

[Oscar799]

Need help installing Java on Linux,new to linux and I can't figure it out,please help if you can.Thanks

[harmonbc]

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

should work

[dkbledsoe]

Sorry but where do I put that???

[Orbmiser]

That's a command to enter in the terminal.
Or you will find it in the software manager just search for openjdk-7-jre
and can click it to install from there also.
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[GeneC]

Java ususally comes installed by default in Mint.

You dont give any info on what version of Mint you are running! You need to put more information...

Before installing ANYTHING. Check what you have

Open a terminal and run this command.

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java -version

[Orbmiser]

Good point GeneC

As mine shows

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java version "1.7.0_13"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.6) (7u13-2.3.6-0ubuntu0.12.10.1)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

So yep follow GeneC suggestion first to see what's there first.
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[catweazel]

That's a command to enter in the terminal.
Or you will find it in the software manager just search for java and can click it to install from there also.
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That's going to confuse him even more. Have you been in the package manager and typed the word java yourself? The OP won't be typing all caps - he'll probably smash the keyboard when he sees the number of entries, or worse... kick the poor cat.

[Orbmiser]

Fixed replaced java with openjdk-7-jre which gives just a few results.
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[catweazel]

Fixed replaced java with openjdk-7-jre which gives just a few results.
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lol