On 14 September 2017 at 11:54, Larry Martell <larry.martell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Rich Huff <rich@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Thu, 2017-09-14 at 11:25 -0400, Larry Martell wrote: >>> On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 11:08 AM, Darr247 <darr247@xxxxxxxxx> 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. For some of the IBM hardware I have had to use a new Java but an old copy of Firefox. The best explanation I have is probably flawed but it was that the hardware wanted SSL1/SSL2 type stuff which the new Firefox and items blocked. There is probably a better way to fix it. -- Stephen J Smoogen. _______________________________________________ CentOS mailing list CentOS@xxxxxxxxxx https://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos