[CentOS] JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

Thu Sep 14 15:54:02 UTC 2017
Larry Martell <larry.martell at gmail.com>

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.