[CentOS] JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

Thu Sep 14 18:19:57 UTC 2017
Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:53 PM, Jose <linuxas08 at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello,
> Although you've instaled Oracle JRE 1.8, OpenJDK is the default, as you can
> see.
> Remove OpenJDK and execute java -version again.

How can I run yum remove without it trying to access the net? This
machine has no internet connection and yum remove has been running for
an hour trying to hit mirrors and repos.

> Kind regards
>
> El 14 sept. 2017 5:55 p. m., "Larry Martell" <larry.martell at gmail.com>
> escribió:
>
>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Rich Huff <rich at richhuff.com> wrote:
>> > On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:25 -0400, Larry Martell wrote:
>> >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > > I have some software that says it requires JRE 8.1 or higher.
>> >> >
>> >> > That's very odd, since technically JRE 8 is java 1.8 (and JRE 7
>> >> > is/was 1.7;
>> >> > JRE 6 was 1.6, et cetera).
>> >> >
>> >> > > If I go to
>> >> >
>> >> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downlo
>> >> > ads-21331
>> >> > 55.html
>> >> > > and install jre-8u144-linux-x64.rpm I get jrel.8.0_144. Anyone
>> >> > > know where
>> >> >
>> >> > I can get 8.1?
>> >> >
>> >> > http://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=225344_09
>> >> > 0f390dda5
>> >> > b47b9b721c7dfaa008135
>> >> > should get you the 64-bit v1.8 build 144 of Java, which is indeed
>> >> > the latest
>> >> > version.
>> >> >
>> >> > What software is it that requires JRE 8.1?
>> >>
>> >> Sorry I mistyped it says 1.8 or greater. I did install that and I
>> >> still get the message. It's remote control software for an IBM
>> >> system.
>> >
>> > Do you have a lower version Java installed?
>> > What does command 'java -version' say?
>>
>> openJDK version "1.8.0_101"
>> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13)
>> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)
>>
>>
>> > IBM has their own flavor of Java.  Is it looking for that?
>>
>> I don't know. I am running CentOS6 and then trying to run their remote
>> control SW throught FF. Maybe I have to restart FF ... going to try
>> that ... no joy, same errors. Contacting IBM now.
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