Problem with installing Java: java: command not found

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I just installed Java 8.25 but I'm still not getting 'legacy' applications to work. I tried verifying the version in terminal:

manfred$ java --version
-bash: java: command not found

I think there's a conflict between two versions or something perhaps. How can I solve this?

@Mark First I did the Oracle JRE 8.25 and then the JDK 8.25... — Mike, Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 11:01
As per my answer here Oracles's OS X JRE does not install /usr/bin/java. I would reinstall the JDK and check what is in /usr/bin — mmmmmm, Commented Jan 6, 2015 at 11:21

Scott Walter · Accepted Answer · 2015-01-10 18:32:29Z

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Looks like Java is not in the path. I do something like this in my ~/.bash_profile

# Get Java Home for the specific version
JAVA_HOME=`/usr/libexec/java_home -v1.8 2>/dev/null`
# Add Java to the path
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Quit terminal once you create or edit ~/.bash_profile. FYI if you are creating ~/.bash_profile make sure you give it executable privileges.

answered Jan 10, 2015 at 18:32

Scott Walter

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~/.bash_profile does not need executable privileges
– mmmmmm
Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 18:38
Interesting all these years I have been making sure my bash start up scripts have execute privilege. Good to know that is not needed.
– Scott Walter
Commented Jan 10, 2015 at 18:48

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