

Anything I might have overlooked? Worked for me. Thank you so much!!! I so wanted this to work as I'm on El Capitan and can't get any other solution to function. I ran java -version and shazzam! The ONLY thing that worked for me. I did not bypass the the security set up on el capitan, but installed java version 1. This particular solution worked for me on my mac os x el capitan.

TabeaKischka TabeaKischka 4 4 silver badges 14 14 bronze badges. This is one solution on Mojave Now the latest version is used, when you use java in the shell. Click on the "Java SE Development Kit 7u11" link, accept the license agreement, and download "jdk-7umacosx-x Use the dmg to install Java 7 and this should put it in your JavaVirtualMachines directory. You probably have an issue with where you installed java 7. Derek Derek 3 3 silver badges 2 2 bronze badges. Thanks for the help! Nothing else worked except this. Worked for me too, I also tried the other explanation but with Maverix there is no panel where you can select a version number and also changing the. You can see a 'Path' there also, which you can sub into the commands below in case they are different than mine. This worked for me in Sierra Click Java icon in bottom row.

Worked for me! Hence on my Mac running Lion Also, to make it more flexible: mikemainguy.

BrainO2 BrainO2 1, 1 1 gold badge 8 8 silver badges 6 6 bronze badges. Until Oracle folks improve this process, here's a HOWTO of the whole process of installing java on an osx system, up until and including this final symlink step: gist. Running Anton Rudeshko 1 1 gold badge 5 5 silver badges 18 18 bronze badges. I think they got rid of Java Preferences at some point. Downloading JRE v7 will cause version 7 to appear when running the online version checker, or the Java control panel thingy, but when invoking Java from the command line you'll be running the older version from your previously installed JDK. Migrate this to Ask Different? Just to draw some extra attention to Mazzy's comment, that's an easy mistake to make.
