Software Configuration on Ubuntu

In order to configure the software environment for Ubuntu, you need to take a few steps:

Step 1 – Run the console (keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + Alt + T) and make sure that you have permission to install programs on the computer.

Step 2 – Update the list of packages:

Step 3 – Check your version of Java. If you've already installed it, then you should see: "The program java can be found in the following packages":

Step 4 – It's important to install JDK 8 (and not an older version):

Step 5 – Check the version again and make sure that JDK 8 has been installed:

You should see something like this:

And that’s it. We've just configured JDK on Ubuntu together!

The only remaining step is to install Eclipse or JetBrains IntelliJ IDEA.