Problems Updating Java on Ubuntu 12.04.3

[Colin Law]

On 24 November 2013 20:11, Amichai Rotman <amichai at iglu.org.il> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I am using Webupd8's repository for Java.
>
> I am trying to update the package: 'oracle-java8-installer'. First it hang
> while downloading the .gz file from Oracle's site, then I get this when
> running 'sudo dpkg --configure -a':
> .
> Download done.
> Removing outdated cached downloads...
> sha256sum mismatch jdk-8-ea-bin-b116-linux-i586-14_nov_2013.tar.gz

That sounds like a corrupted download, particularly as you say had
trouble downloading it.  Keep that file and try the download again.
If it still doesn't work you can compare the files to see if you are
getting a consistent download.

Colin