[CentOS] JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

Thu Sep 14 17:43:57 UTC 2017
m.roth at 5-cent.us <m.roth at 5-cent.us>

Jose 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.

Or change alternatives, or set JAVA_HOME.

      mark

> 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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