Oracle Java SE 13 was released September 2019. The latest update of Java JDK is 13.0.2. In this post we install the JDK in Ubuntu Linux 18.04 LTS. # Remove the OpenJDK/JRE completely $ sudo apt-get purge openjdk-\* $ sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/java # Download the Oracle Java JDK for Linux. $ wget --no-check-certificate -c --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/13.0.2+8/d4173c853231432d94f001e99d882ca7/jdk-13.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz" $ sudo cp -r jdk-13.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz /usr/local/java/ $ cd /usr/local/java # Unpack the compressed Java binaries $ sudo tar xvzf jdk-13.0.2_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz # Edit the system PATH file /etc/profile and add the following system variables to your system path. $ sudo vim /etc/profile JAVA_HOME=/usr/local/java/jdk-13.0.2 JRE_HOME=$JAVA_HOME/jre PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$JRE_HOME/bin export JAVA_HOME export JRE_HOME export PATH # Inform Ubuntu Linux system where your Oracle Java JDK/JRE is located. $ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/jdk-13.0.2/bin/java" 1 $ sudo update-alternatives --install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/local/java/jdk-13.0.2/bin/javac" 1 # Inform Ubuntu Linux system that Oracle Java JDK/JRE must be the default Java. $ sudo update-alternatives --set java /usr/local/java/jdk-13.0.2/jre/bin/java $ sudo update-alternatives --set javac /usr/local/java/jdk-13.0.2/bin/javac #Reload the system PATH $ . /etc/profile # Test to see if Oracle Java is installed correctly $ java -version Update: To download Java JDK 14 use the below command $ wget --no-check-certificate -c --header "Cookie: oraclelicense=accept-securebackup-cookie" "https://download.oracle.com/otn-pub/java/jdk/14+36/076bab302c7b4508975440c56f6cc26a/jdk-14_linux-x64_bin.tar.gz"