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Websites keep saying I need to install the lastest version of Java, but installation is not working.

Asked by Renee Chambers

I accessed the Java website and attempted to use the install instructions, but I keep getting the following error msg:

chambers@chambers-System-Product-Name:~$ tar zxvf jre-7u7-linux-i586.tar.gz
tar (child): jre-7u7-linux-i586.tar.gz: Cannot open: No such file or directory
tar (child): Error is not recoverable: exiting now
tar: Child returned status 2
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now

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Best actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Will install Oracle Java 1.7 for you

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Renee Chambers (mrchambers1999) said : 		#2

Thanks actionparsnip, that solved my question.