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+#!/bin/sh
+
+SILENT=""
+
+while getopts “hy” OPTION
+do
+  case OPTION in
+    y)
+      SILENT="-y"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      echo
+      echo "This script will install Oracle JDK 7 and set JAVA_HOME"
+      echo "Usage: $ $0"
+      echo
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+done
+
+if [ "$SILENT" = "-y" ]; then
+ sudo apt-get install -y software-properties-common python-software-properties
+fi
+
+# print what's going on
+set -x
+
+sudo add-apt-repository ${SILENT} ppa:webupd8team/java
+if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
+  { set +x; } 2>/dev/null
+  echo
+  echo "Registering Oracle Java repository failed."
+  echo "If the error was about add-apt-repository command not found,"
+  echo "try one of the following and retry running this script"
+  echo
+  echo "$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common"
+  echo "$ sudo apt-get install software-properties-common python-software-properties"
+  echo
+  exit 1
+fi
+
+# fail on error
+set -e
+
+sudo apt-get update
+sudo apt-get install ${SILENT} oracle-java7-set-default
+
+{ set +x; } 2>/dev/null
+echo
+echo "Done. You may need to relogin for the environment variable change to take effect."
+
+