After upgrading to Java8, javac still shows 1.7

Question

I\'m having issues upgrading from JDK 1.7 -> 1.8 on OSX. The upgrade has completed, but javac still returns 1.7 as the version.

I\'ve downloaded JDK 8_u5 from Oracl

Answer 1

If /usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8.0_05 --exec javac -version returns the correct version, then your problem is with:

/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK

With a privileged user execute:

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
rm CurrentJDK
ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_05.jdk/Contents/ CurrentJDK

Solution found in Mankeh Blog

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Also check this answer on Super User for dynamically switching JDK versions.

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Update: I guess I've found the culprit!

Try this:

rm -rf ~/Library/Java/Extensions
sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/Extensions

Solution found in: Java 1.7 on OSX 10.9.2 running as 1.5?