Cannot install JDK7 update on machine with JDK8 EA installed

[Dalibor Topic]

On 3/7/13 7:06 PM, Oliver Gierke wrote:
> Tar files for Mac OS? Currently the download page [0] only lists the DMG containing the installer that refuses the install.

The Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 8 Early Access with Lambda Support download for OS X is a tarball: http://jdk8.java.net/lambda/ 

Is that the one you installed?

cheers,
dalibor topic

> 
> 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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