Installed Java 7 on Mac OS X but Terminal is still using version 6
I've installed JDK 7u7 downloaded from oracle's website. But after installation, the terminal is still showing java version 6 $java -version java version "1.6.0_35" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_35-b10-428-11M3811) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.10-b01-428, mixed mode) any idea why java 7 is not showing up? Ans: OK, the problem has been resolved. Here is the answer: I found that my Terminal has a .bash_profile and the java home variable is set to 1.6 export JAVA_HOME="/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.6.0/Home" So this is the line causing the