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I would like to install java to learn to program in java and develop web and android apps. I'm running on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (which doesn't come with java pre-installed). I have seen that there a number of possibilities: OpenJDK, Apache JDK, and each with different versions of Java.

Which one would you recommend to install given my specifications, and which commands do I need to issue to the terminal?

johnwolf1987
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  • Possible duplicate of How to install Android Studio on Ubuntu? If you are missing a package Android Studio will often prompt you to install it, including sometimes the required package version. – karel Mar 30 '19 at 13:29
  • Thank you for the link. I am in the process of learning java, so I didn't want to install android studio just yet. Nevertheless, I can follow the part on installing java for now. Just one thing, the answer says to install java 8 sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer right? However I found on https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_version_history that the latest lts version is Java 11. Therefore, should I install this instead: sudo apt-get install oracle-java11-installer ? – johnwolf1987 Mar 30 '19 at 14:02
  • Android Studio does not support Java 11, only Java 8, however you can install openjdk-8-jdk with sudo apt install openjdk-8-jdk instead of Oracle Java 8. For a Java IDE I recommend Apache NetBeans 10. To install it type sudo snap install --classic netbeans. – karel Mar 30 '19 at 14:04
  • Ok, thank you for this info. And which one would you recommend between OpenJDK and OracleJDK? Are there major differences? – johnwolf1987 Mar 30 '19 at 14:06
  • Oracle packages things together in their Java package that Ubuntu packages separately as separate packages. – karel Mar 30 '19 at 14:09
  • I would like to give detailed installation procedure for Oracle Java JDK-11 for Ubuntu 18.04, but I don't see a way to post answer. – Marmayogi Mar 30 '19 at 15:58
  • Hi Marmayogi, this is because it was marked as a duplicate. So it is not possible anymore to answer the question... – johnwolf1987 Mar 30 '19 at 18:28

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