Oracle JAVA 8 Stable release has been released on Mar,18 2014 and

available to download andinstall on official download page. Oracle Java PPA

for Ubuntu and LinuxMint is being maintained by Webupd8 Team. JAVA 8 is
released with many of new features and security updates, read more
about whats new in Oracle Java 8.
This article will help you to Install Oracle JAVA 8 (JDK/JRE 8u25) on Ubuntu
14.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS and 10.04 and LinuxMint systems using PPA File.
To Install Java 8 in CentOS, Redhat and Fedora read This Article.

Installing Java 8 on Ubuntu

Add the webupd8team Java PPA repository in your system and install Oracle
java8 using following set of commands.

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Verify Installed Java Version

After successfully installing oracle Java using above step verify installed
version using following command.

$ java -version

java version "1.8.0_31"

Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_31-b13)

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.31-b07, mixed mode)

Configuring Java Environment

Webupd8team is providing a package to set environment
variables, Install this package using following command.

$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-set-default