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- I downloaded the JDK from Oracle. They have a nice dmg file, which makes it easy to install.
- After reading their installation instructions and running /usr/libexec/java_home (which I didn't even know about), it still wasn't defaulting to JDK 7.
Surgery required. So, I headed over to:
This is where the system jvm's are stored. You'll notice a symbolic link for CurrentJDK. It probably points to:
You're going to want to point that to the new JDK, which java_home tells us is located in:
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So, the magic commands you need are:
![Install java jdk mac os Install java jdk mac os](/uploads/1/3/3/2/133272553/697520042.jpg)
Then, you should be good:
java,jdk,mac osx
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