> On Jan 2, 2016, at 23:00, Chris Schram <chrisp...@me.com> wrote: > > In article <1ca8ee46-978a-4131-8168-94f1ca360...@gmail.com > <mailto:1ca8ee46-978a-4131-8168-94f1ca360...@gmail.com>>, > Alexander Hansen <alexanderk.han...@gmail.com > <mailto:alexanderk.han...@gmail.com>> wrote: > >>> On Jan 2, 2016, at 05:49, Hanspeter Niederstrasser <f...@snaggledworks.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On 1/2/16 3:50 AM, Chris Schram wrote: >>>> fink update-all tells me I need to update virtuoso. However the is >>>> failing because it seems to want java 7. I went from the Apple-supplied >>>> Java 6 to Oracle's Java 8. Java 7 never existed on this Mac. Oracle >>>> apparently no longer offers Java 7 as a free download. What to do? >>> >>> I apologize for that. The java availability situation on OS X is the >>> pits. Do you still have java6 installed on that machine? If so, would >>> you be willing to try a couple simple tests on the virtuoso package so >>> that I can get this cleaned up? >>> >>> Hanspeter >>> >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> -- >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >> >> I saw Java 1.7 here: >> >> http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260 >> .html >> >> That being said, virtuoso would still need to be coerced not to use the >> newest Java available. > > Man, you must have some serious Oracle-fu. I couldn't find a Java 7 > download to save my life. ;-) > > Now, the others here want me to re-install Java 6 from Apple and see > what happens. When I first unsuccessfully tried to update virtuoso, I > had Apple's Java 6 installed. Then I tried Java 8 to see what that would > do. Nada. I'm not so sure I want to go back to Java 6 to run more tests. > > -- > chrisp...@me.com <mailto:chrisp...@me.com> is a filtered spam magnet. Email > replies may be lost. > You're better off replying to this newsgroup. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Fink-beginners mailing list > Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net > <mailto:Fink-beginners@lists.sourceforge.net> > List archive: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners > <http://news.gmane.org/gmane.os.apple.fink.beginners> > Subscription management: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners > <https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/fink-beginners> Theoretically, the various Javas should be able to coexist, and so the test would involve a tweaked virtuoso build which finds Java 1.6 (or 1.7) even with 1.8 installed.
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