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Oracle Java 8 (Stable) Released, Install it In Ubuntu

Oracle has released Java 8 (stable) and the new version can already be installed by using the failsdownloads Java PPA.

Oracle Java 8 (JDK8) release highlights:

• Lambda expressions, a new language feature, enables you to treat functionality as a method argument, or code as data;
• Other significant enhancements and changes to the Java language and standard libraries have been added, including default methods, the new java.util.stream package, and the Date-Time API;
• Compact Profiles contain predefined subsets of the Java SE platform and enable applications that do not require the entire Platform to be deployed and run on small devices;
• Security enhancements include updates to the Java Cryptography Architecture; limited doPrivileged, a mechanism that enables code to assert a subset of its privileges; SSL/TLS Server Name Indication (SNI) Extension; and keystore enhancements;
• JavaFX documentation has been updated for this release.
• A new JavaScript engine, Nashorn, is included in JDK 8.
• Java Mission Control 5.3 is included in JDK 8.

For more information, see the official release notes.


Ubuntu (and Linux Mint, etc.) can install the latest Oracle Java 8 by using our Java PPA. For more information and installation instructions, see: Install Oracle Java 8 In Ubuntu Via PPA Repository [JDK8]