Quick shot for fixing issues with missing Java 1.8: 1. Add PPAs Get yourself the right PPA – apparently JDK 1.8 is still not available for Ubuntu 14.04 (correct me if I’m wrong though), thus: sudo apt-add-repository ppa:openjdk-r/ppa sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-fonville/ppa sudo apt-get update Source: https://askubuntu.com/a/613324 As I’m happily using Synaptic, the next line would […]