How to Install Oracle Java 11 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic)

Java is a popular programming language for the system software development and web application. You need to install Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for preparation of a Java development system. This tutorial will guide you to install Oracle Java 11 LTS version on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Bionic system.

Step 1 – Prerequsities

Before beginning the installation run login shell as the sudo user and install required packages.

sudo -i
apt install wget libasound2 libasound2-data

Step 2 – Download Java 11

Download the latest Java SE Development Kit 11 LTS release from its official download page or use following commands to download from command line.

wget --no-cookies --no-check-certificate --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" \
  http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/11+28/55eed80b163941c8885ad9298e6d786a/jdk-11_linux-x64_bin.deb

Step 3 – Install Java 11 on Ubuntu 18.04

Use default Debian package installer (dpkg) to install downloaded Java on your system. Simply execute the following command on terminal

dpkg -i jdk-11_linux-x64_bin.deb

Then configure Java 11 as the default version on your system.

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11/bin/java 2
update-alternatives --config java

According to the above screenshot, there are 3 versions installed. Java 11 is listed on number 3, So entered 3 and press Enter. Now Java 11 is installed as default Java version on my Ubuntu 18.04 system.

There are some other binaries to set as default for JDK installation. Execute the commands to set javac and jar as default:

update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/jar jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11/bin/jar 2
update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11/bin/javac 2
update-alternatives --set jar /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11/bin/jar
update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk-11/bin/javac

Step 4 – Verify Java Version

Check the installed Java version on your system using the following command.

java -version

java version "11" 2018-09-25
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment 18.9 (build 11+28)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM 18.9 (build 11+28, mixed mode)

Step 5 – Setup Java Environment Variables

Most of the Java-based applications uses environment variables to work. Set the Java environment variables using following commands

sudo nano /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh

Add/Update following values:

export J2SDKDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11
export J2REDIR=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11
export PATH=$PATH:/usr/lib/jvm/java-11/bin:/usr/lib/jvm/java-11/db/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11
export DERBY_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-11/db

Save you file and exit. Now load these setting to current active shell also

source /etc/profile.d/jdk.sh

You have successfully installed Java 11 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS system.

Happy coding!