Installing the latest java drivers

[darrendazzler]

I went to java.com to check my driver and have been given four options, one of which I am suppose to download, I currently have Linux Mint 17 64bit.

So the four options are,

Linux RPM
Linux
Linux x64
Linux x64 RPM

I assume it's one of the 'x64' versions ?

 

[ryanvade]

Java is not a driver.
https://www.java.com/en/download/faq/whatis_java.xml
To install Oracle Java:

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java && sudo apt-get update

For Java 8:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

For Java 7:

sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

To install Open Java (recommended):

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre

or

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jre