Cannot install JDK7 update on machine with JDK8 EA installed

[Martijn Verburg]

Hi Oliver,

Yes this has been discussed in the past.  For us power users I believe that
downloading and installing the tar archives works fine.  Can't remember
what the official line was regarding supporting multiple versions.

Cheers,
Martijn


On 6 March 2013 11:07, Oliver Gierke <ogierke at vmware.com> wrote:

> 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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