Cannot install JDK7 update on machine with JDK8 EA installed

[Oliver Gierke]

Tar files for Mac OS? Currently the download page [0] only lists the DMG containing the installer that refuses the install.

Cheers,
Ollie

[0] http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

Am 06.03.2013 um 16:16 schrieb Martijn Verburg <martijnverburg at gmail.com>:

> 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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/**
 * @author Oliver Gierke - Senior Member Technical Staff
 *
 * @param email ogierke at vmware.com
 * @param phone +49-151-50465477
 * @param fax   +49-351-418898439
 * @param skype einsdreizehn
 * @see http://www.olivergierke.de
 */