Where is JavaVirtualMachine installed on Mac?

Question

I installed jvm 8 (8u45) on Mac 10.10, but running ./java_home -v 1.8 still get Unable to find any JVMs matching version "1.8".

java_home finds JVM 1.6 under path /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home, but there's nothing but 1.6. Where can I find jvm 8 on mac?

Thank you a lot.

Answer 1

It sounds like you've solved the issue by installing the JDK, but what probably happened initially was that you installed the JRE. You might find that installation at /Library/Internet\\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/ , which you could check with

/Library/Internet\\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -version