Comments on: How to Install Java (and JDK) on Mac OS X Lion

By: CaliforniaJack

CaliforniaJack — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 17:02:22 +0000

Thank you, Maclord. I couldn’t find a “jre”, so I didn’t know what to tell Eclipse. Your info was just what I needed.

By: slitr

slitr — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:10:13 +0000

Netbeans 7.01 just worked fine after following your instructions. Eclipse Indigo has serious problems, but I’m not sure if it’s a Mac (Lion) thing or it’s just Eclipse itself.

By: avc

avc — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 09:36:58 +0000

Alternatively, you can open a Terminal window, and type the command: javac -v; then Mac OS X Lion will suggest you to install Java, you just click ‘yes’, and then the Apple Software Update will download and install Java automatically for you.

By: gss

gss — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:47:15 +0000

On newer versions of OS X you should find ALL JREs (and JDKs) under
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
the old path
/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/
has been deprecated.
Here is the official deprecation note:

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-SW1