[PLUG] Need new Java

alan at clueserver.org alan at clueserver.org
Sun Apr 12 19:07:03 UTC 2015


> On Sun, 2015-04-12 at 10:40 -0700, John Jason Jordan wrote:
>> I have downloaded a Java application from here:
>>
>> http://www.cognitial.com/flashpap/flashpap.htm
>>
>> But when I try to run it from the command line with java -jar I get a
>> popup that says I need a newer version of Java runtime. My Xubuntu
>> 14.04.1 is up to date with everything that showed up in Synaptic as
>> upgradable when I searched on "java," although there are other upgrades
>> available that I haven't installed.
>>
>> I could use some clues.
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>
> What version of java is installed?  What does "java -version" return?  I
> notice that the application in question requires "Java 7 (1.7.0_6)",
> which is slightly newer than the 1.7.0_55 that is installed on my
> OpenSUSE 13.1 machine.  You may have to find and install a newer JRE on
> your own if you can't wait for the Xubuntu people to update their java.

1.7.0_55 is later than 1.7.0_6. It means somewhere it is failing a basic
version comparison.





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