Installing Oracle Java 8 in Linux Mint 19.1

Question

After installing Oracle Java 8 in Linux mint, When I typed java --version on terminal it says

bash: /usr/bin/java: Permission denied.

Can I know why this is happening??

Change the access or owner of the catalog with chmod / chown. — Andronicus
– Andronicus, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 5:23
You did not install it correctly. We don't know how you installed it. — Elliott Frisch
– Elliott Frisch, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 5:24
1.I downloaded the java SE 8 file from oracle website. 2. I created a folder called java in opt and extracted the downloaded tar ball into that file. 3. then I took a terminal and typed this sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /opt/java/jdk1.8.0_231/bin/java 100 4.then I configged java and selected the correct location. 5. then I updated the java home variables in etc/environment as JAVA_HOME=/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_231 JRE_HOME=/opt/java/jdk1.8.0_231/jre. all these steps worked correctly. but at the end when type java --version it says permission denied. — Sasindu Avishka
– Sasindu Avishka, Commented Mar 10, 2020 at 5:34

Sreejith · Accepted Answer · 2020-03-17 07:59:41Z

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Try giving executable permission to java using chmod.

sudo chmod a+x /usr/bin/java

where '/usr/bin/java' is the java path.

answered Mar 17, 2020 at 7:59

Sreejith

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