SHAN'S SOLUTION

For Mozilla 64 bit Jdk sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins 32 bit jdk sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins For Chrome 64 bit jdk sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins 32 bit jdk sudo mkdir /opt/google/chrome/plugins sudo ln -s /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/jre/lib/i386/libnpjp2.so /opt/google/chrome/plugins

Step 1: Download the preferable jdk from oracle web site. Here we will use             jdk version as jdk-8-linux-x64 Step 2: Keep the tar.gz file in a folder of your choice in /home/ directory. Step 3: Extract the tar.gz file                       tar -xvzf jdk-8-linux-x64.tar.gz Step 4: Create JVM folder in /usr/lib folder like:                         sudo mkdir /usr/lib/jvm Step 5: Move the extracted jdk to the above location like :             sudo mv jdk1.8.0 /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0 Step 6: Install new java sources in system like:           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/javac javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/bin/javac 1           sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.8.0/bin/java 1      ...