How do I install .jar files etc

**lolful64** · March 18th, 2013

I never thought I would be back but I am. *thoughts*nobody cares me-

Anyways, like the question says how do I install .jar files CORRECTLY. I have minecraft for linux and I don't want to mess up the installation

**Cheesemill** · March 18th, 2013

You don't install .jar files, you just run them from wherever you have downloaded them to using the java command.

**QIII** · March 18th, 2013

... which is

Code:

java -jar /path/to/file.jar

This assumes that you have Java installed. If you don't, you have to install Java.

**slickymaster** · March 18th, 2013

You can check if you have it just by running the Java version command from terminal.

Code:

java -version

**lolful64** · March 19th, 2013

Originally Posted by slickymaster

You can check if you have it just by running the Java version command from terminal.

Code:

java -version

I have no java what so ever

**Cheesemill** · March 19th, 2013

To install Java just open a terminal and run the following 3 commands...

Code:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

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