Cordova : Requirements check failed for JDK 1.8 or greater

In Linux (Debian/Ubuntu) this can be solved by selecting a Java 1.8 SDK in

sudo update-alternatives --config javac

Changing JAVA_HOME env variable directly does not seem to have any effect.

EDIT: responding to the comments: This probably has something to do with the fact that new Debian (and apparently Ubuntu) Java installations through the package manager do not use the JAVA_HOME enviroment variable to determine the location of the JRE. See this and this post for more info.

Uninstall all previous JDK including 1.8 Install JDK 1.8