On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote:> > >> I have some software that says it requires JRE 8.1 or higher. > > That's very odd, since technically JRE 8 is java 1.8 (and JRE 7 is/was 1.7; > JRE 6 was 1.6, et cetera). > >> If I go to > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downloads-21331 > 55.html >> and install jre-8u144-linux-x64.rpm I get jrel.8.0_144. Anyone know where > I can get 8.1? > > http://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=225344_090f390dda5 > b47b9b721c7dfaa008135 > should get you the 64-bit v1.8 build 144 of Java, which is indeed the latest > version. > > What software is it that requires JRE 8.1?Sorry I mistyped it says 1.8 or greater. I did install that and I still get the message. It's remote control software for an IBM system.
On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:25 -0400, Larry Martell wrote:> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > > > I have some software that says it requires JRE 8.1 or higher. > > > > That's very odd, since technically JRE 8 is java 1.8 (and JRE 7 > > is/was 1.7; > > JRE 6 was 1.6, et cetera). > > > > > If I go to > > > > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downlo > > ads-21331 > > 55.html > > > and install jre-8u144-linux-x64.rpm I get jrel.8.0_144. Anyone > > > know where > > > > I can get 8.1? > > > > http://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=225344_09 > > 0f390dda5 > > b47b9b721c7dfaa008135 > > should get you the 64-bit v1.8 build 144 of Java, which is indeed > > the latest > > version. > > > > What software is it that requires JRE 8.1? > > Sorry I mistyped it says 1.8 or greater. I did install that and I > still get the message. It's remote control software for an IBM > system.Do you have a lower version Java installed? ? What does command 'java -version' say? IBM has their own flavor of Java. Is it looking for that?> _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos
On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Rich Huff <rich at richhuff.com> wrote:> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:25 -0400, Larry Martell wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247 at gmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > >> > > I have some software that says it requires JRE 8.1 or higher. >> > >> > That's very odd, since technically JRE 8 is java 1.8 (and JRE 7 >> > is/was 1.7; >> > JRE 6 was 1.6, et cetera). >> > >> > > If I go to >> > >> > http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jre8-downlo >> > ads-21331 >> > 55.html >> > > and install jre-8u144-linux-x64.rpm I get jrel.8.0_144. Anyone >> > > know where >> > >> > I can get 8.1? >> > >> > http://javadl.oracle.com/webapps/download/AutoDL?BundleId=225344_09 >> > 0f390dda5 >> > b47b9b721c7dfaa008135 >> > should get you the 64-bit v1.8 build 144 of Java, which is indeed >> > the latest >> > version. >> > >> > What software is it that requires JRE 8.1? >> >> Sorry I mistyped it says 1.8 or greater. I did install that and I >> still get the message. It's remote control software for an IBM >> system. > > Do you have a lower version Java installed? > What does command 'java -version' say?openJDK version "1.8.0_101" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_101-b13) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.101-b13, mixed mode)> IBM has their own flavor of Java. Is it looking for that?I don't know. I am running CentOS6 and then trying to run their remote control SW throught FF. Maybe I have to restart FF ... going to try that ... no joy, same errors. Contacting IBM now.