Setting Java home enviroment variable in OSX Mavericks

Question

I am having issues with my Java path.

I have installed the latest version of Java 1.7.0_51. When I open the Java control panel it tells me \"Your system has the

Answer 1

Check whether there is an old version existed in the path

echo $PATH

Then set the java 1.7 bin directory.

export PATH=/usr/libexec/java_1.7_home/bin:$PATH

Then try to type in "java -version" in terminal to check the version