Install Java 7 (Oracle) on Debian via apt-get

Question

Installing Oracle Java 7 on Debian through the apt-get repository does not work.

apt-get install oracle-java7-installer 

See how apt-get does not recognize oracle-java7-installer .

Answer 1

I managed to get an answer after you made some google ..

 echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list echo "deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/webupd8team/java/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys EEA14886 apt-get update # Java 7 apt-get install oracle-java7-installer # For Java 8 command is: apt-get install oracle-java8-installer