While working with Linux today I stumbled upon a weird problem, even after upgrading java to 1.8 it was showing 1.7 only.
And when I tried to install it again, it showed me following message.
Command:
Output:
And when I tried to install it again, it showed me following message.
sudo yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64 Package 1:java-1.8.0-openjdk-1.8.0.71-2.b15.8.amzn1.x86_64 already installed and latest version Nothing to do
Following command help me to figure out what's going wrong.
Following command will show you all the java versions currently installed on your system, it will also show you which one is currently active. If you need to change just provide the number and that would be activated.
Command:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
Output:
There are 2 programs which provide 'java'. Selection Command ----------------------------------------------- + 1 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.8.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java * 2 /usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.7.0-openjdk.x86_64/bin/java Enter to keep the current selection[+], or type selection number: