Try the following simple steps
For executing a .jar file you need Java 6.0 or higher ,if you have java installed start from step 3
1. open the Terminal
2. run the command to install openjdk
$sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
3. to execute the .jar
$java -jar sample.jar
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