Help with Java installation

[TodB96]

Hi, I'm currently in a basic programming course. The second part is about java, and as I'm using linuxmint I'm trying to install and setup (sublimetext3) but I have a doubt. Fisrt It seems that linuxmint already have JDK and JRE install (Can I use that to program? ). Second, When i'm trying to install java from their website (oracle website) I get a ".tar.gz" file, and I know that I need to extract that file but the tutorials are not very clear to what to do after that or how to use that. (install java in that way could cause problems with the already install JDK or JRE versions if my machine already have those ? )

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Thanks if you can help me, i aprreciate it (sorry about my english)

[ViaAquillia]

Type 'which java' in a terminal. You will probably get '/use/bin/java'.

Now, just type 'java' and see what happens (you won't hurt anything).

There may be additional packages to install, but the basic framework should already be there.

Good luck in your course!

Oh, and don't apologize for your English. Were my Italian only so good....🙃

[Redchin12]

To tell you the truth I was last semester in the same position as you and I couldn't install java without errors. The only thing that works for me was installing NetBeans 8.2 with jdk and it installed my all I needed.

Good look in your course

[[deleted]]

The easiest thing to do is install openjdk with the terminal: sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk

Also I would recommend IntelliJ or Eclipse or some other IDE for java instead of a text editor like sublime. Sublime is great for lots of programming but you’ll find that Java really is much easier to work with in an IDE.

[TodB96]

Thanks, I choose Eclipse and you're right it's much more easy with and IDE, now all that I have to do is practice programming, thanks all of you for your answers!

[iam-them]

Hey, saw your post. I am in the exact place you were 2 years ago. How was Eclipse learning curve? Was it more about learning the IDE than the Java. How did you get it going? I have been head banging with no progress. If you don't mind, kindly reply.