Re: JRE 8.1 for CentOS6

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On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 12:01 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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.

I have FF version 24.6.0 - probably very old. This is a locked down
machine, not on the internet, so installing anything is a pain.
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