java compiler for Ubuntu 12.02?

[ppalmer347]

I am looking for a java compiler and didn't seem to be able to find one at the archive with apt-get install. I tried all the names I know about java, jdk, openjdk.

I looked in the forum and found only posts from 2008, and a lot of time has gone by, so I thought I should ask again.

[pissedoffdude]

Do you mean 12.04? If that's the case, either of these should work.

For openjdk6:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install default-jdk

For openjdk7:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

[claracc]

As it is forementioned, you need to have openjdk-7-jdk software package installed in ubuntu in order to compile .java files.

Then you do compilation through command:

javac name_of_file.java

Please, see link: http://askubuntu.com/questions/14574...le-a-java-file