[CentOS] JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

[Jose]

Hello,
Although you've instaled Oracle JRE 1.8, OpenJDK is the default, as you can
see.
Remove OpenJDK and execute java -version again.
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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