Install jdev11g on Ubuntu 18

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After downloading the bin file, eg. jdevstudio11117install.bin from here make it executable via

chmod +x jdevstudio11117install.bin
  1. Install a i386 library
sudo apt-get install libxtst6:i386
  1. Now start the installation
./jdevstudio11117install.bin

Per default, the software well be installed in ~/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper

  1. Start

As there is no desktop file installed, you can start via

~/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/jdev

In case you get an error, run below command to install missing lib

sudo apt-get install libxrender1:i386 libxtst6:i386 libxi6:i386
  1. Create a desktop file

Create the file jdeveloper.desktop

nano ~/.local/share/applications/jdeveloper.desktop

Replace $USER with your username, the output of echo $USER

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=JDeveloper 11g
Comment=JDeveloper 11g Integrated Development Environment
Icon=/home/$USER/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/coffee.png
Exec=/home/$USER/Oracle/Middleware/jdeveloper/jdev/bin/jdev
StartupNotify=true
StartupWMClass=JDeveloper
  1. Start via your Launcher, type "JDev"