You sure you don't have something set in your PATH? I was running
into something similar having forgotten that I hard-coded the 1.5
version into my path at one point to get something working (probably
Eclipse).
-Adam
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 2:42 AM, Sajeev Batra <email@hidden> wrote:
> Hello:
> I have a MacBook running Mac OS X 10.5.6 running on an Intel Core 2 Duo
> which I purchased in Sep 2008.
> I believe that I have installed all the Mac OS X updates but still I can not
> get java 1.6 intalled and working.
> Java 1.5 of course works okay.
>
> I have a java 1.6.0 directory but when I type the java command it shows java
> 1.5. How could this be?
>
> Here's my test:
> cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home/bin
>
> [xxx:1.6.0/Home/bin] % ./java -version
> java version "1.5.0_16"
> Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_16-b06-284)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 1.5.0_16-133, mixed mode)
>
> Using the java preferences program, I have changed the ordering of the java
> version such that 1.6 is at the top but that did not help either. Does this
> mean that my java 1.6 did not intall properly? Why was it not installed by
> Apple back in September when I purchased this mac?
>
> I would appreciate feedback from anyone who knows what's going on and how to
> get java 1.6 working.
> Thank you.
>
> Here are the lines from my most current install log after grepping for java
> after I installed the latest mac os x updates.
>
> Mar 15 23:59:27 c-98-210-147-224 /System/Library/CoreServices/Software
> Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update[731]:
> -[IFDInstallController(Private) _buildInstallPlan]:
> file://localhost/Library/Updates/Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 3/Packages/JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.pkg
> Mar 15 23:59:27 c-98-210-147-224 /System/Library/CoreServices/Software
> Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update[731]: Create temporary directory
> "/private/tmp/JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.pkg.731kzmAlH"
> Mar 15 23:59:27 c-98-210-147-224 /System/Library/CoreServices/Software
> Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update[731]: Processing
> JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3:
> Mar 15 23:59:27 c-98-210-147-224 /System/Library/CoreServices/Software
> Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update[731]: It took 0.09 seconds to
> create the install plan for JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.
> Mar 15 23:59:29 c-98-210-147-224 runner[736]: Extracting BOM from
> "/Library/Updates/Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update
> 3/Packages/JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.pkg" to
> "/Library/Receipts/boms/com.apple.pkg.JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.bom"
> Mar 15 23:59:29 c-98-210-147-224 /System/Library/CoreServices/Software
> Update.app/Contents/MacOS/Software Update[731]: Removing temporary directory
> "/private/tmp/JavaForMacOSX10.5Update3.pkg.731kzmAlH"
>
>
>
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