Re: JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

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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.
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