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Uninstalling Java 8 on Mac 10.10 and installing java 6

I need to uninstall java 8 from my Mac 10.10, and install java 6.

Following one post here, i ran the following commands:

sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk<version>.jdk
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane
sudo rm -rf /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin

The jdk8 is removed, but when i'm trying to install java 6 i'm getting an error as "An updated version of java is already installed"

Can anyone guide me through..

Note: - After running the commands, i did one system restart but no help - I specifically need to install java 6.

Solution

  • For the sake of the not Unix-friendly users, this is the correct form to be executed in a Terminal:

    sudo rm -rf /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk*.jdk
sudo rm -rf /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefPane
sudo rm -rf /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin