Cannot install JDK7 update on machine with JDK8 EA installed

[Oliver Gierke]

Of course:

$ java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0-ea"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0-ea-lambda-nightly-h3207-20130205-b76-b00)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.0-b15, mixed mode)

$ java -version
java version "1.7.0_15"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_15-b03)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

To be precise: I installed Java 8 *after* I had Java 7 of course. It seems that the updater now checks for the most recent version and assumes I don't want to use 7 if I already have 8, which is a bit of a stretch. 

It generally seems that Oracle is trying to push installations into a "single Java version only" (by explicitly removing Java 6). This is a quite unbearable situation especially for developers that *have* to build with older versions of a JDK.

Cheers,
Ollie

Am 06.03.2013 um 11:43 schrieb Ben Evans <benjamin.john.evans at gmail.com>:

> Oliver,
> 
> Can you post the exact versions and natures of each build?
> 
> I can confirm that on Lion, I have multiple 8's - both ORCL & OpenJDK
> / Lambda as well as latest 7.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Ben
> 
> On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Oliver Gierke <ogierke at vmware.com> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> 
>> I am unable to install the latest JDK7 update on a Mac (Mountain Lion). The installer immediately quits with "Higher version already installed!". Trying to report this as bug through the bug tracker I was directed to a page saying "If you have encountered a bug in a JRE not released by Oracle, please contact the specific vendor about your bug." This is probably not really up to date anymore as well.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Ollie
>> 
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