Java Preferences won't start

[Mike Swingler]

What does "/usr/libexec/java_home -V" say? If 1.8 isn't in there, try "/usr/libexec/java_home -X".

Regards,
Mike Swingler
Apple Inc.

On May 20, 2013, at 6:04 AM, Anthony Petrov <anthony.petrov at oracle.com> wrote:

> I've tried that to no avail. I've even restarted my Mac, still the same issue - java_home only sees the 7u10 by default. I.e.:
> 
> [anthony at mac ~]$ set | grep JAVA
> [anthony at mac ~]$ /usr/libexec/java_home
> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_10.jdk/Contents/Home
> [anthony at mac ~]$ /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8
> /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0.jdk/Contents/Home
> 
> So, it does see the 1.8 installation when requested explicitly, but won't choose it by default for some reason.
> 
> Any clues?
> 
> PS. My PATH doesn't contain anything suspicious either:
> 
> [anthony at mac ~]$ set | grep PATH
> PATH=/opt/local/bin:/opt/local/sbin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/export/anthony/bin/mac:/export/anthony/bin
> 
> --
> best regards,
> Anthony
> 
> On 05/18/13 01:30, Michael Hall wrote:
>> On May 17, 2013, at 9:47 AM, Anthony Petrov wrote:
>> 
>>> In my .bash_profile I just have the following:
>>> 
>>> export JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home`
>> 
>> Why do you have that?
>> If you comment it out and then start a new shell window, or quit and restart Terminal, what happens?
>> I know you said you did unset but who knows?
>> 
>> Michael Hall
>> 
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