Installing jdk8 on ubuntu- “unable to locate package” update doesn't fix

Question

I\'ve been trying to install the jdk on my ubuntu after downloading it.

first I\'ve used: sudo apt-get update

then: sudo apt-get install jdk*

Answer 1

For me non of the above worked and I had to do as below, and it worked,

sudo -E add-apt-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa

and then,

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

Reference: https://askubuntu.com/questions/644188/updating-jdk-7-to-8-unable-to-locate-package