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ctrueden on
Jan 04, 2016; 6:22pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Problem-with-JRE-tp5015248p5015320.html
Hi Eric,
> I’ve looked at my Fiji folder and under Contents -> MacOs I have
> ImageJ-macosx (I had one from August, which I replaced with a freshly
> downloaded version that says it was last modified on 21 November
> 2015), ImageJ-macosx.old (which shows a modification date of 30 June),
> and ImageJ-tiger. Would it be possible to just delete .old and -tiger
> versions?
First, try to get a freshly downloaded Fiji working. Once that works, you
can try with your existing (potentially modified and/or out-of-date)
version. Then, if your existing version does not work, you can compare the
differences between the freshly downloaded one, and the non-working one.
See also:
http://imagej.net/FAQ#How_can_I_verify_that_my_ImageJ_is_really_100.25_up_to_date.3FRegards,
Curtis
On Mon, Jan 4, 2016 at 10:17 AM, Eric Griffis (Staff) <
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> Hi Curtis,
>
> Thanks for taking some time to look into this.
>
> I’ve looked at my Fiji folder and under Contents -> MacOs I have
> ImageJ-macosx (I had one from August, which I replaced with a freshly
> downloaded version that says it was last modified on 21 November 2015),
> ImageJ-macosx.old (which shows a modification date of 30 June), and
> ImageJ-tiger. Would it be possible to just delete .old and -tiger versions?
>
> If this doesn’t fix things, I’ll try to get the IT people here to
> uninstall the older versions of Java. Unfortunately, I don’t have the right
> level of admin control to run sudo commands to do this.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Eric
>
>
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On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 8:33 AM, Curtis Rueden <
[hidden email]> wrote:
> Hi again,
>
> > Since you are on Windows
>
> Ahem! Let me try this again. :-)
>
> Since you are on OS X... this behavior is actually a bit mysterious. You
> have installed the Java 8 JDK. Are you using the latest download of Fiji?
> If you are using one of the older Life-Line versions, its launcher might be
> too old, and be ignoring your Java 8—we only taught the launcher to prefer
> Java 7 or 8 last year.
>
> If all else fails, you can try uninstalling Apple Java 6:
>
http://apple.stackexchange.com/a/83153/137617>
> Regards,
> Curtis
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 3, 2016 at 8:30 AM, Curtis Rueden <
[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>> Sorry for the delay in reply; somehow this message ended up in my spam
>> folder.
>>
>> > Is there a way that I can have Fiji find the newer JRE?
>>
>> I know you also asked this question on the OME forums [1], and got some
>> good answers there, but I just want to reiterate that you can control which
>> version of Java is used by ImageJ according to this guide:
>>
>>
>>
http://imagej.net/FAQ#How_do_I_launch_ImageJ_with_a_different_version_of_Java.3F>>
>> Since you are on Windows, the easiest way to switch to Java 8 is rename
>> the "java" folder inside your Fiji.app folder to "java6". Then the launcher
>> will ignore it, and use your system-wide Java 8 installation instead.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Curtis
>>
>> [1]
https://www.openmicroscopy.org/community/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=7955>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2015 at 11:13 AM, Eric Griffis (Staff) <
>>
[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>>
>>> I am running a Mac OS 10.10.5. I’ve updated my java to the newest JDK.
>>> When I run java -version on Terminal, I see:
>>>
>>> java version "1.8.0_66"
>>> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_66-b17)
>>> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.66-b17, mixed mode)
>>>
>>> I’ve run into a problem trying to use the OMERO plugin in Fiji. When I
>>> try to open it I get the message "This plugin requires Java 1.7 or later”.
>>> My Fiji is "ImageJ 2.0.0-rc43/1.50e; Java 1.6.0_65 [64-bit]”. I tried
>>> downloading the JRE-free version of Fiji, but it is still using the 1.6
>>> JRE. Is there a way that I can have Fiji find the newer JRE?
>>>
>>> Also, I can’t run
>>> sudo rm -fr /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin
>>> sudo rm -fr /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane
>>> to strip out the older version of java since I don’t have the access
>>> that I need to run these commands from Terminal. Any suggestions would be
>>> greatly appreciated.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>>
>>> Eric
>>>
>>>
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