[CentOS] JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

[Larry Martell]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> I have some software that says it requires JRE 8.1 or higher.
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> 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).
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>> If I go to
> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-21331
> 55.html
>> and install jre-8u144-linux-x64.rpm I get jrel.8.0_144. Anyone know where
> I can get 8.1?
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> http://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=225344_090f390dda5
> 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.