This is how I was able to install the oracle jdk8 on Pop!_os (since the oracle java ppa is no longer available due to license changes) but should work on most up to date distro's out there.
- Register for a free Oracle account and download the latest JDK8 tar.gz(jdk-8u211-linux-x64.tar.gz).
- Download these bash scripts and follow the simple directions to install jdk8 from the tar.gz file you downloaded.
- Check if java -version shows the correct version:
Code:
dolby@pop-os:~/Downloads/Minion$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_211"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_211-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.211-b12, mixed mode)
- Download the Minion jar from minion.gg and extract the zip into location and folder of your choice.
- Now run java -jar Minion-jfx.jar in the folder you extracted the zip to
Code:
dolby@pop-os:~/Downloads/Minion$ java -jar Minion-jfx.jar
- Choose to update Minion and restart. (It won't restart)
- Before you start minion we need to apply the patch manually. Navigate to the folder you are running minion from and you should see a new folder named "null" grab the Minion-jfx.jar from there and copy over the old Minion-jfx.jar in the parent directory.
- now start minion again java -jar Minion-jfx.jar and it should work like mine...
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