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Java Website not allowing me to download the installer

I recently have been attempting to install java from the oracle website and though I have refreshed, reopened, restarted my computer as well as the browser, I have found no success in installing java ...
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Is there any Java emulator for mac? [closed]

I just want to run a .jar app on macOS, but I can not find an emulator. Does anyone know one?
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How to have to two different versions of Java on the same computer in OS X

I got an iMac with OS X 10.11.2 El Capitan. I have installed the latest version of Java SE. However, I have a problem with running some Max for Live effects because Max for Live requires Java SE6 in ...
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Java -version reporting wrong version on Mac OSX Mountain Lion

I just installed Oracle's Java version 7u7 on my Mac (running OSX Mountain Lion). However, when I run java -version it still displays the old version (6u29). How do I fix this? Do I even need to fix ...
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How to recover /usr/libexec/java_home executable on Mac OS X 10.8.5?

Today I accidentally delete the /usr/libexec/java_home executable on my Mac OS X 10.8.5 (Mountain Lion) while trying to install latest JDK. Then, I realized that homebrew (package manager) and some ...
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Setup Mac OS JAVA_HOME

I have fresh installation of OS X El Captain version 10.11.5. In my .bash_profile I did setup Java home as export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home) export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH However if I ...
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How to run Minimus to minify files on mac?

I use minimus to minify my js scripts on my Mac. Why there is still the same error: "To view this web content, you need to install the Java Runtime Environment", although I installed Java. What to do ...
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Two versions of java installed in two locations on my mac, which is right?

I am having trouble with java install locations. I am using a mac running 10.9.2 and i have two versions of java installed jdk 1.7.0 & jdk 1.6.0 but both installs are in different locations. jdk ...
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After upgrade to OSX Mavericks: "Unable to find any JVMs matching version 1.6"

After upgrading my work notebook from Mountain Lion (10.8.5) to the Mavericks (10.9.4) this weekend, everytime I open the terminal I now get the following error message: Unable to find any JVMs ...
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Confused about multiple java installation on mac

I have installed Java 7 for Mac OS X 10.9. Checking Java version on System Preferences -> Java I can see Java 1.7.0_55 is installed. Checking the version from Firefox using the test applet I have the ...
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Java uninstalled but still java -version is showing 1.7?

I am just testing my desktop application for mac, it requires java 7. I have uninstalled java and I want to reinstalled it. But when I type java -version in terminal it still shows 1.7. I am a new bee ...
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Android SDK emulator freezes on a Mac running OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard

I'm having trouble running the Android SDK on both of my Macs running OS X 10.6.2 Snow Leopard. This appears to be a 64-bit vs. 32-bit issue, as Snow Leopard now defaults to 64-bit everything, ...
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What is the task "java" (parent process "launchd") doing on MacOS X?

I have a process called "java" showing up in my Activity Monitor that uses a good amount of CPU (4 - 8% average, 20 - 80% on occasion). It reports that "launchd" is its parent process. Any idea what ...
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Step by step installation of Java 7 JDK on Mac OS X Lion

I have fresh mac and don't want to break anything so here's kind of silly question from someone who calls himself java developer. I've installed newest JDK from Oracle 1.7.10 and I can confirm that ...
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I keep getting a Java incoming connections pop up

I keep getting the following message, "Do you want the application “java” to accept incoming network connections?" First of all, what application? Second, if it's part of the browser, which sometimes ...

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