
Once you do that, it’s time to see how to install these packages and get Java on your Ubuntu Linux. Now that you know the difference between JRE, JDK, OpenJDK and Oracle JDK, you should make a decision to install one of these packages. While OpenJDK is sufficient for most of the cases, some programs such Android Studio suggests using Oracle JDK to avoid UI/performance issue. OpenJDK is Open Source implementation of Java Development Kit while Oracle JDK is the official Oracle version of Java Development Kit.JDK (Java Development Kit) is what you need to if you have to do some programming or develop software related to Java.

This is all you need if you are not a programmer.

It will open the default text editor xed on linux mint.And type the below jave code on it. This will change your current working directory into new java directory.Then type xed MyFirstJava.java To do it, in your terminal type the below command and hit enter. To open terminal click the Main Linux Mint Menu, then go to system tools and select Terminal or type terminal in the search field or click the Terminal icon in taskbar.Ĭreate a new directory in your home folder name it as java to save your Java programs. In this tutorial we are going to work manually with Java programming without the use of an IDE. If you don’t have any, please follow the below below link to install Oracle JDK 8 on Linux Mint. First install the required your favorite JDK on your computer such as Oracle Java, OpenJDK or IBM Java.
