I have downloaded java 1.8.0 to copy from downloads to /usr/local. And it does not get copied. What is the reason?
as I m following this.
And i am stuck at when it said "next, i copied this to local folder where i created the following script."
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"What is the reason?" Tell us the error you get. Otherwise it will be pointless to start answering. Did you use "sudo" when copying? – Rinzwind Jul 24 '15 at 06:20
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I have not used terminal to do this ; i just ctrl+c the extracted jdk folder and Ctrl + v at local folder in filesystem. neither t gives the error nor copies – Aevi Jul 24 '15 at 06:27
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@Aevi take a look on my answer – Maythux Jul 24 '15 at 06:31
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Yes it helps .. – Aevi Jul 24 '15 at 06:35
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This is related to permissions:
$ ls -ld /usr/local/
drwxr-xr-x 14 root root 4096 Sep 4 2014 /usr/local/
As you can see the directory /usr/local/ is owned by user root and group root so you are not able to just copy any file to this directory as a normal user.
To overcome permissions you should use sudo:
sudo cp ~/Downloads/java* /usr/local
If you want to copy/paste in GUI mode using Ctrl+c , Ctrlv then use this trick.
From your terminal run nautilus as root:
sudo nautilus
This will open your file manager nautilus to use as root, then you can just copy /paste as you want.
But be careful a simple error here will be a disaster
Maythux
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yes it works please can you visit above site and helps me where to create the script which is asked at this site: – Aevi Jul 24 '15 at 06:34
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@Aevi the tutorial there is step by step, just tell me what problem are facing? – Maythux Jul 24 '15 at 06:36
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@Aevi as i see the tutorial is just step by step, just move in with it and tell me if you face a problem – Maythux Jul 24 '15 at 06:45
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i have done copying the tar file downloaed from oracle site following steps you have posted – Aevi Jul 24 '15 at 06:46
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take alook http://askubuntu.com/questions/521145/how-to-install-oracle-java-on-ubuntu-14-04 this is better to use – Maythux Jul 24 '15 at 06:48
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