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

Answer 2

Ok, I think this must be specific to me. As above the Java control panel was saying that java 7 was installed. Also when i tried

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

I would get

java version "1.7.0_51"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)

But no mater what way I installed the JDK it would not work. It just didn't seem to appear anywhere on my machine. I still don't know why, but uninstalling (by simply deleting the 1.6 folder) the existing Java 6 from my machine and once again installing Java 7 JDK eventually fixed it.

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