

Sudo update-alternatives -set java /usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/java Sudo update-alternatives -install "/usr/bin/javaws" "javaws" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/javaws" 1 Sudo update-alternatives -install "/usr/bin/javac" "javac" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/javac" 1 Sudo update-alternatives -install "/usr/bin/java" "java" "/usr/local/java/jdk1.7.0_80/bin/java" 1 PATH=$PATH:$JRE_HOME/bin:$JAVA_HOME/binexport

this tutorial share how to install java 7 along with java 8 and how to switch each other. however recent release of linuxmint 19.1 (based on ubuntu 18.04) come with java 8 as it’s default. Some application still rely on old java, for example iReport 4.0.1 that used by openbravo still rely on java 7.
