apt-get installing oracle java 7 stopped working

Question

Recently apt-get install -y oracle-java7-installer stopped working.

I know in their roadmap, I think the public version is no longer supported, but it\'s be

Answer 1

It appears Oracle has moved the download link, you can still fetch the tar ball from the oracle website after jumping through some hoops. The WebUpd8 installer is currently broken. The official explanation can be found at http://www.webupd8.org/2017/06/why-oracle-java-7-and-6-installers-no.html

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Download Method 1: Login into to Oracle site

The link now seems to be: http://download.oracle.com/otn/java/jdk/7u80-b15/jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz notice "otn" and not "otn-pub", but at least from the website you seem to need to be signed in and not only accept the license agreement.

It may be possible with debconf to change the url from otn-pub to otn and get the installer to work but I haven't tried. You can fetch the binary yourself and either install manually or with the installer pointing it to wherever you put the downloaded tar ball.

Edit: It seems there isn't a way to configure download URL (though you can hijack it with hosts as in another answer).

Download Method 2: Use a trusted mirror

If you want to download jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz from a script without logging into to oracle it hosted locations include:

• http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/funtoo/distfiles/oracle-java/
• http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/funtoo/distfiles/oracle-java/

EDIT: The sha256 has been removed from this answer because (as this edit demonstrates) anyone can edit said hash. Get your hashes from a trusted source. Suggestions include:

• https://www.oracle.com/webfolder/s/digest/7u80checksum.html

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Install Method 1: Prepopulate cache

#put the file in the default cache location:
sudo mv jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer/

#then install normally: 
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Install Method 2: (more elegant IMHO) put tar ball anywhere and tell the installer where to look

#setup ppa (you probably came here after already doing this)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update

#put the file in a temporary location:
sudo mv jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz /tmp/


#set local path to /tmp (or any other path)
echo oracle-java7-installer oracle-java7-installer/local select /tmp | \
sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections


#While your at it you may want tp approve license (or skip this and approve when prompted) 
echo oracle-java7-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | \
sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

#then install normally: 
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Answer 2

As Oracle support for debian packages has gone quite a while ago, I suppose that you use the method of webupd8

Go to their instructions I linked before and check if your configuration is still valid.

They also provide a method to install Java 8: Install Oracle Java 8 in Ubuntu (Debian instructions linked from there.)

Edit: I think that Oracle does not provide a public download of Java 7 anylonger - you would have to download it from the Java Archive. (http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html)

You could try to download the rpm package and use alien to convert it to a .deb package. And did you already consider updating to Java 8?

Answer 3

You can find the webupd8team ppa's online. The oracle-java7-installer has the version number "7u80+7u60arm-0~webupd8~1" I'm guessing this defect would occur for all the provided ubuntu versions!

Looking in one of the ppa's a few of the files directly reference the broken url identified by Meir Maor

debian/oracle-java7-unlimited-jce-policy.postinst:PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jce/7/$FILENAME
debian/oracle-java7-unlimited-jce-policy.config:PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jce/7/$FILENAME
debian/oracle-java7-installer.config:   PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/$FILENAME # Must be modified for each release!!!
debian/oracle-java7-installer.config:   PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u60-b19/$FILENAME # Must be modified for each release!!!
debian/oracle-java7-installer.postinst: PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15/$FILENAME # Must be modified for each release!!!
debian/oracle-java7-installer.postinst: PARTNER_URL=http://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/7u60-b19/$FILENAME # Must be modified for each release!!!

unfortunately I can't figure out how to lodge a defect with them (yet) but presumably this would be a quick fix

Answer 4

So looks like the direct links to the download no longer work( As noted by Meir Maor above)

Here are the steps to get this running again:

1. Go to http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/java-archive-downloads-javase7-521261.html and accept the license. Download the file we need (jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz in this case)

2. Assuming the file downloaded to your Downloads directory, we need to move it to /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer

   cd ~/Downloads (Change to directory to which you saved file from step 1)
   sudo mkdir /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer
   sudo mv jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz /var/cache/oracle-jdk7-installer/
   

3. Not sure if necessary but I had luck with this:

   echo oracle-java7-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections
   

4. Run the installer now. It will use the file we saved in /var/cache instead of trying to download it from Oracle

   sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer
   

I got step 3 from http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html

Answer 5

I just ran into this trying to install Java 6 (don't ask).

Since I'm short on time, I was fine with a quick and dirty answer. I noticed the URL looked for by the installer was http-based (vs https), which makes the below solution possible.

1. Make sure a web server is installed (I already had Apache on my box)

2. Download the file that is requested. In your case that is jdk-7u80-linux-x64.tar.gz. See Meir Maor's answer above

3. On your local web server, recreate the path structure requested for the file. In your case that is otn-pub/java/jdk/7u80-b15.

4. Copy the downloaded file into the path above

5. Edit /etc/hosts and add 127.0.0.1 download.oracle.com

6. Run apt-get install -y oracle-java7-installer again.

7. The installer will now grab the file from your local web server and complete successfully.

There may be a better way to do this, but it worked for me.