Installed Java 7 on Mac OS X but Terminal is still using version 6

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I ve installed JDK 7u7 downloaded from oracle s website  But after installation  the terminal is still showing java version 6   java -version java version  1 6 0 35  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 6 0 35-b10-428-11M3811  Java HotSpot TM  64-Bit Server VM  build 20 10-b01-428  mixed mode    any idea why java 7 is not showing up   Ans  OK  the problem has been resolved  Here is the answer  I found that my Terminal has a  bash profile and the java home variable is set to 1 6  export JAVA HOME   System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions 1 6 0 Home    So this is the line causing the problem every time I opened a new terminal window  Simply remove this line will solve the problem  You still need to follow what  aleroot said  but if that doesn t work for you  check the  bash profile  or  bashrc  setting file to see if you ve previously exported any java version

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Install the JDK 7 and this problem will solve itself    Be sure to get the Java Development Kit  JDK  which includes compilers and stuff like that  rather than just the Java Runtime Environment  JRE

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I did   export JAVA HOME   usr libexec java home    and that fixed my Java 8 issue   before   java version  1 6 0 31  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 6 0 31-b04  Java HotSpot TM  64-Bit Server VM  build 20 6-b01  mixed mode    after   java version  1 8 0 05  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 8 0 05-b13  Java HotSpot TM  64-Bit Server VM  build 25 5-b02  mixed mode

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Simple Solution export PATH  quot  Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin  PATH quot

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The basic issue   usr bin java is pointing to one provided by OSX itself initially   System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions Current Commands java  We need to point this to the one downloaded by the JDK installer  The below steps are for OSX 10 10 4 Yosemite    Open System Preferences -  select Java  The Java window opens  Click on Java tab at the top  Click on  View  button  The Java Runtime Environment Settings tab opens as below   Double click on the Path item and copy the path  cmd c   This is the latest one installed by the JDK installer updater  In my case  the path was  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java Open terminal  In this step  we are going to point  symbolic link  ln -s command  the system java binary to the latest one  which we discovered in the previous step  Run the below command    sudo ln -s  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java  usr bin java  Thats it  To verify  you can just run java -version on the terminal  It should output the latest version that you installed updated to

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The latest 100  effective method    in bash    vim    bash profile   add  export PATH   Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin  PATH      wq to save cmd q force quit bash open bash again  and type in java -version   But actually this path points to jre not jdk   If you want to point the path to JDK  you need   Make sure you have installed JDK not a single JRE runtime replace previous path to PATH   Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 221 jdk   you can go to  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines to make sure you have installed the version of JDK you expected

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In my case  the issue was that Oracle was installing it to a different location than I was used to   Download from Oracle  http   java com en download mac download jsp locale en   Verify that it s installed properly by looking in System Prefs    Command-Space to open Spotlight  type  System Preferences   hit enter   Click Java icon in bottom row  After the Java Control Panel opens  click  Java  tab   View      and verify that your install worked   You can see a  Path  there also  which you can sub into the commands below in case they are different than mine   Verify that the version is as you expect  sub in your path as needed     Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java -version Create link from  usr bin java to your new install  sudo ln -fs  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java  usr bin java Sanity check your version   java -version

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Because you need to enter in Java Preferences pane and flag only the JVM 7 in this way    To easily and quickly open the Java Preferences pane in Mac OS X you can simply call spotlight with   SPACE and type System Preferences it will show up in the last row of the window

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I had run into a similar issue with terminal not updating the java version to match the version installed on the mac   There was no issue with the JAVA HOME environmental variable being set   I have come up with a temporary and somewhat painful but working solution   In you  bash profile add the line   export JAVA HOME   Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 7 0 11 jdk Contents Home     This is the path on my machine but may be different on yours  make sure to get yours  The paths should match up to  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines    the run source    bash profile  As I mentioned this is a temporary band-aid solution because the java home path is being hard-coded  There is really no way to set the path to get the latest as that is what Apple is supposedly doing for terminal already and the issue is that Apple s java home environment variable is not getting updated

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You can execute following command in your terminal    export PATH   Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin  PATH    And this replaces the java old with new one

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Check JDK versions installed     ls   Library Java JavaVirtualMachines  jdk-11 0 2 jdk  jdk1 8 0 91 jdk   Now in your    bashrc export JAVA HOME specifying the version   if   -e  usr libexec java home    then   export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home -v 11  fi   Source the bashrc file and the Java version will be updated     java -version java version  11 0 2  2019-01-15 LTS Java TM  SE Runtime Environment 18 9  build 11 0 2 9-LTS  Java HotSpot TM  64-Bit Server VM 18 9  build 11 0 2 9-LTS  mixed mode

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Hard-coding the JAVA HOME path might not be the best idea  The  usr libexec java home utility sill works for me on Mac OSX Lion 10 7 5 and JDK 1 7 0 13  According to its man page  it is meant to be used with Apple s old Java Preferences pane  but it appears to be working with the replacement provided by Oracle  Java Control Panel   For example running  usr libexec java home -V lists all installed JDKs  both 1 6   and 1 7    on my machine   So  as discussed in other threads  e g  What should I set JAVA HOME to on OSX   I would still recommend adding the following line to your  bash profile   export JAVA HOME    usr libexec java home

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i resolved this issue by re installing Yosemite and then cross check java version on terminal  java -version  and  javac -version   It work perfectly now It is not changing to java 7 as version 6 still present on  command   n  libray java javavirtualmachine your javac current version you need to address to java home

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I resolved this issue with sudo rm  usr bin java  And I downloaded and installed the last Java SE Runtime Environment  http   www oracle com technetwork java javase downloads index html  sudo ln -s  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 31 jdk Contents Home jre bin java  usr bin java did not work for me because I got Operation not permitted  El Capitan now protects certain system directories in  rootless  mode  a k a  System Integrity Protection   It is applicable to macOS Sierra  and probably new macOS versions for the foreseeable future

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In case if you have several Java versions on your machine and you want to choose it dynamically at runtime  i e  in my case  I have two versions   ls -la  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel    96B Nov 16  2014 jdk1 7 0 71 jdk  drwxr-xr-x  3 root  wheel    96B Mar  1  2015 jdk1 8 0 31 jdk    You can change them by modifying the  etc profile content  Just add  or modify  the following two lines at the end of the file   export JAVA HOME YOUR JAVA PATH Contents Home export PATH  JAVA HOME bin  PATH   In my case  it should be like the following if I want to use   Java 7   export JAVA HOME  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 7 0 71 jdk Contents Home export PATH  JAVA HOME bin  PATH   Java 8   export JAVA HOME  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 31 jdk Contents Home export PATH  JAVA HOME bin  PATH   After saving the file  please run source  etc profile and it should work  Here are results when I use the first and second option accordingly   Java 7   java -version java version  1 7 0 71  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 7 0 71-b14    Java 8   java -version  java version  1 8 0 31  Java TM  SE Runtime Environment  build 1 8 0 31-b13    The process is similar if your java folder is located in different locations

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Since El Capitan  it is difficult to delete the  usr bin java symlink  because of the introduction of the new  rootless  policy   Therefore  I simply added the path to the latest java version  in my case this is  Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin  to the PATH in my  bashrc file     Use latest java version export PATH  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin  PATH   To reload your  bashrc file for the current session  run source    bashrc in the shell  You only have to do this for sessions that had been started before changing the  bashrc file   Now the latest version is used  when you use java in the shell

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http   www java com en download faq java mac xml is a nice place to understand  while Apple is stopping support to Java  why Java Preferences doesn t exist anymore and rely on System Preferences    Java    Java if Java 7 from Oracle is installed

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Installing through distributed JDK DMG from the Oracle site auto-updates everything for me  I have seen  in El Capitan  updating through System Preferences  gt  Java do updates but that do not reflect to command line  Installing through DMG does the job

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May I suggest you to have a look at the tool Jenv  This will allow you to switch at any time between your installed JVMs   Simply as   jenv global oracle-1 7   then later for test purpose   jenv global oracle-1 6   And you have much more commands available

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If you have Homebrew installed  you can install java-switcher to change Java default version more quickly  brew tap andycillin tap brew install java-switcher   Then you can use just one command to switch your default Java version   java-switcher 1 7   or  java-switcher 10

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vi    bash profile  add   export  JAVA HOME   usr libexec java home -v 1 7   This tells your  usr bin java link target to use the latest Java 7 Package installed in    Library Java JavaVirtualMachines   So for JDK 1 7 0 17 JAVA HOME would be    Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 7 0 17 jdk Contents Home  Note  There were a lot of change in this area recently to move Mac OS X from Appels own System integrated Java packages to Oracle based Java Packages  The above solution is working fine as of Mac OS X 10 8 2

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This is nuts  How does Oracle provide an installer that doesn t install anything    Anyways for me it was   sudo rm  usr bin java sudo ln -s  Library Java JavaVirtualMachines jdk1 8 0 31 jdk Contents Home jre bin java  usr bin java   where 1 8 0 31 is your installed java version

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Oracle s installer puts java inside the  Library Internet Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin  And it doesn t overwrite  usr bin java  So  if you issue a  whereis java   in the terminal  it ll return  usr bin java   which in turn points to  System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions A Commands java  which is Apple s 1 6 version    So  if you want to use the new java version  replace the  usr bin java symlink so that it points to  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java instead   sudo rm  usr bin java sudo ln -s  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Home bin java  usr bin

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It is happening because your  bash profile is not reflecting changes To reflect it  just use the following command    source  bash profile

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I think you can try to install jdk not jre  By installing jdk  the java in  usr bin java will be replaced  and all library will work fine

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Update brew tap adoptopenjdk openjdk brew cask install adoptopenjdk openjdk adoptopenjdk8  https   stackoverflow com a 28635465 Old version For me the easiest and cleanest way to go is to install Java using homebrew like described here  https   stackoverflow com a 28635465 brew update brew cask install java

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Since i have not faced this issue   I am taking a hunch --   Can you please try this     Where does the soft link  java home  point to     ls -lrt  usr libexec java home   Output    Stunted      lrwxr-xr-x java home -        System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions Current Commands java home    ls -lrt  System Library Frameworks JavaVM framework Versions     My MAC Produces the following      lrwxr-xr-x CurrentJDK - gt    System Library Java JavaVirtualMachines 1 6 0 jdk Contents     lrwxr-xr-x   Current - gt  A  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 6 0 - gt  CurrentJDK  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 6 - gt  CurrentJDK  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 5 0 - gt  CurrentJDK  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 5 - gt  CurrentJDK  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 4 2 - gt  CurrentJDK  lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel   10 Oct 18 14 39 1 4 - gt  CurrentJDK   Based on this   we might get a hint to proceed further

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You can run this command to find the version of Java that s under  Library Internet Plugins    defaults read  Library Internet  Plug-Ins JavaAppletPlugin plugin Contents Info plist CFBundleVersion

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