Cannot install OpenJDK 8

Question

I am trying to install OpenJDK 8 in Freya but I can't find in any repository. If I try

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

I get

Unable to locate package

And when I try to search it via

sudo apt-cache search jdk | grep 8

I got no results. However version 7 is available in the repo. So do I need to add other repository in order to install Java 8?

John Guerreiro · Accepted Answer · 2015-08-12 12:56:11Z

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openjdk8 isn't in the trusty repositories therefore you will have to add another repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

answered Aug 12 '15 at 12:56

John Guerreiro

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I use OpenJDK 8 from this repository: ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix, which includes fixes for better font rendering. They really look much better than with other JDKs I tried. Installation commands are the same. – Vita Homolka Aug 12 '15 at 18:49

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