Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/09/2014 - 02:49
Both Ubuntu and Linux Mint have OpenJDK in their repositories, and that should work fine for most stuff.
But when you are into serious development, especially to install the Eclipse IDE, you need Oracle Java.
To install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty / LinuxMint 17 Qiana, use the following commands in Terminal: