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Unable to locate a Java Runtime that supports apt

I am on the following: macOS Monterey version 12.3.1 And I am trying to intsall pyenv with the following: sudo apt install -y curl && curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/0xboz/...
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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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Software asking for obsolete version of Java (6) on macOS 10.15

I have a friend that is trying to run the following software (cmap) https://cmap.ihmc.us/cmaptools/cmaptools-download/ She gets prompted to install Java SE 6 to run the software. She last used it in ...
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Why won't Catalina allow app to find hard drive

I have an app that runs on Catalina, and that app requires a flash drive to license and authenticate the program. The flash drive works fine for all other Mac (and Windows) OS, but fails for Mac OS 10....
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Java NoClassDefFoundError when starting Aptana Studio 3

I recently installed Aptana Studio 3 (Eclipse 4.7) on my Mac PowerBook running Mojave (10.14.5). I've had errors at every turn (mostly Aptana complaining that it needed Java 1.6 and then complaining ...
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hs_err_pidxxx.log files keep appearing in root folder macOS Mojave

I have been researching hs_err_pidxxx.log files online for weeks and the only information I can find is that they are error logs generated by Java in plain text. First, these files have been popping ...
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tomcat server is not starting

my tomcat server in my mac ,the terminal is showing tomat started,but when is run the local host in the browser it says webpage not found ,but when I try to shutdown the tomcat it is throwing ...
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Java application running significantly faster on Mac OS than Windows

I was told to post this here, from Stack Overflow. I am trying to run a Java program which finds Poly divisible numbers. However, I have found that it is significantly slower on my Windows computer ...
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Okay to delete certain Java files on Mac?

I have a gigabyte worth of Java files on my computer that I don't think I need. They come in three flavors: /Users/Me/Library/Application Support/Java/Java 1.8.66.17/Java 8 Update 66.app /Users/Me/...
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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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What exactly is Java's new helper tool? Updating from Java 8 update 60 to Java update 71 on a Mac

I've looked around online and can't seem to find that much information of what Java's new helper tool is. I've found another thread here on SE but it doesn't explain that much. Is it something that ...
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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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How can I increase the memory heap in pycharm

I am using pycharm and its memory shown at bottom right corner is 750M. I could not find any setting where I can increase that. Where do I increase that memory. I am using version 3.4. I searched a ...
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IOS-server doesn't start

I'm trying to start ios-server in order to use selenium: java -jar ~/Downloads/ios-server-standalone-0.6.6-SNAPSHOT.jar -aut ~/Downloads/InternationalMountains.app -port 6666 But it doesn't start: ...
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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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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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ant command to start a new terminal and execute command on mac

I am trying to open a new terminal window in mac and execute a node command via ant <exec osfamily="unix" dir="${dir}" executable="open" failonerror="true"> <env key="...
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Java version indicates SE 6, Java Control Panel SE 8

I'm trying to get the Java 7 as the default version on my machine, running Mac OS X 10.9.3. When I run: java -version I get: java version "1.6.0_65" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_65-...
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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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Small portion of screen flickering?

After running a game in a little window and closing out of it, the location where the window was is giving a very small and very fast flicker. It's not really visible, like you have to look at it to ...
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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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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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How can I get back Java Preferences after uninstalling JDK 7 on Mac

When I installed Oracle's JDK 7 on Mac (OSX 10.8), Java Preferences disappeared. Now I removed JDK 7, and reinstalled Apple's JDK 6, but still, I don't have Java Preferences in Applications/Utilities ...
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No Java Applet support for Mac OS-X on Chrome 10.7.5 after 2012-006 update

Since the 2012-006 update to Apple Java, the Java Preferences pane has disappeared. Apple says that you install the latest version of Java from Oracle in order to reinstate support for Applets. But ...
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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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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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Mac Lion no java webapplets

I have Lion MacOS X, since my computer was sent to apple tech support I can't execute ANY java webapplet (however java locally works fine), I read that I must enable java from Java Preferences, ...
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Force reaping of java zombie processes on OS X 10.7

I have CrashPlan running on my MacBook Pro, and it went a little haywire. Essentially, it caused a fork bomb. Fortunately, I had an open Terminal window and was able to run this command: sudo ...
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How do I clear the Java cache on Mac OS 10.5.8?

How do I clear the Java cache on Mac OS 10.5.8? I'm not sure if this is browser-dependent, or just one thing for the full OS... I found a help file that told me to go to 'Java Preferences' and click ...
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Sandbox a java applet

I heard that minecraft server is very leaky, can consume a lot of resources very quickly. People say to use a virtual machine, all well and good. I'm making an application to automate server setup, ...
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FFMpeg command not working from java processbuilder on Mac

I am trying to merge two files through ffmpeg in mac(snow leopard 10.6.7). If I fire merge command through terminal it works fine, but if I fire same command through java process builder it give an ...
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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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How can I install Java 6 on a PowerPC Mac?

I own a Mac Pro computer with a PowerPC G5 processor. In addition to having loads of RAM and hard drive space, it is also one of the few permanently placed computers in the house. As such, I want to ...
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Help on running a previous version of Java on Mac OS 10.5.8 and 10.6.6

Can you help? http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=2723030&tstart=0 I've zero knowledge on programming but overall saavy with computers. Best!
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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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Mac OS X: Java Applet requests "unrestricted acces"

My bank has a Java applet that requests "unrestricted access" to my computer. Obviously, this seems a little 1984 to me... What happens when you allow this? Is the applet allowed (Root) access to ...
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Problems to export java home and to find or create .bashrc in Mac OS X 10.6

I need to install a program for my studies and, this program, need java to run. When I try to perform the installation say that cannot find the JDK; since the JDK is already installed by default in ...
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How to install Java on Snow Leopard?

I am a new Mac user. I need to install Java on my Mac OS X Snow Leopard. How do I accomplish this?
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Poor Flash performance on Mac OS X?

I've been using Mac OS for almost 3 years now. What I have noticed couple of months ago, and what annoys me more and more over time, is that any Adobe Flash applications, content or adverts on website ...
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Java (1.6.0_15) not working on Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.2). Why?

I haven't used Java or visited any sites that use java applets in quite some time. However, today I did happen to run across a website that does have a java applet and to my surprise I get the ...
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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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Why does Firefox crash when I view a page with an embedded Java applet?

My operating system is OS X. If a page which has a Java applet in it, Firefox crashes. Safari is works great without any problem on those pages. What would cause this problem, and how can fix it?
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Does anybody know how to make Snow Leopard recognize JVMs before 1.6

I can only see 1.6.0 (32 and 64bit) on the Java Preferences dialog, and I need it to run applications using Java 1.5.0
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Uninstall Java on Mac OS X?

I'm working on a trouble shooting document for some desktop software that runs in Java. One of the last resort steps is to completely uninstall and reinstall the Java runtime. In Windows XP this can ...
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