Thanks, that fixed it. I downloaded jdk-8u25-macosx-x64.dmg (219MB) and installed it and suddenly I had a working “java” command and could complete the installation.
-Ross Smith- > On Nov 23, 2014, at 8:49 PM, Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> On Nov 23, 2014, at 3:02 PM, Smith, Phillip R. <smith...@nyumc.org> wrote: >> >> Sorry to be a pest, but I'm hung up in the middle of this process. >> >> Early in the installation it tells me that the Java runtime is missing. If >> you follow the instructions you are sent to a web page for the runtime (from >> Apple) which is empty. >> > > Hmm…it wasn’t empty when I tried it last, but that was a couple of weeks ago. > >> However, I had already installed Java v8u25. Which you'd think would do it. >> But it does not. >> >> Looking around I think I found the runtime. It is here: >> >> smithp01-MB-10> /Library/Internet\ >> Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -version >> java version "1.8.0_25" >> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17) >> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode) >> >> But I can't seem to create an alias to it or put the path anywhere so that >> the darned thing works. >> >> I have looked at various websites when this problem is discussed. No >> solutions are described. >> >> Hope you can help... >> >> -Ross Smith- >> > > Java on OS X is a giant cluster... > > The JRE appears to be intended for web browsers only. Fink uses the JDK > instead, because we need to build stuff. In addition to headers, it includes > its own runtime elements in a different location, puts a “java” in the PATH, > and so on. > > $ /usr/libexec/java_home > /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home > > The page you didn’t get is just an OS X Java download page from Oracle, so > you can hit the Oracle Java download area yourself and install the JDK (8u25 > is fine). > -- > Alexander Hansen, Ph.D. > Fink User Liaison ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Fink-beginners mailing list Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net List archive: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners Subscription management: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners
