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Error : JAVA_HOME is pointing to invalid version of java while Installing Maximo Anywhere 7.6.2 on MAC OSX

I am trying to install Maximo Anywhere 7.6.2 on MAC OSX by referring to documentation on ibm site below :
Maximo_Anywhere_7_6_1_Installation_Start_to_Finish.pdf

On my mac I have jdk1.8.0_131.jdk which is set as export JAVA_HOME as well as in ~/.bash_profile.

But IBM installation manager has taken jre version as " Java SE 1.7.0_111". I verified it in /Applications/IBM/InstallationManager/eclipse/jre_7.0.90060.20161108_1344

So when I try to Install IBM Anywhere component using IBM installation manager i get the error enter image description here

I referred to this IBM support link but it is not working.

Please Help

Solution

  • I have just struggled with identical problem. In case of MacOS installation simple ​export JAVA_HOME=... may not be sufficient due to default sudo security restrictions (at least this was the case on my MacOS 10.12). ​By default sudo environment inherits only subset of current process environment variables. There is no JAVA_HOME among them so when you start Installation Manager it will fail at one of the first prerequisites checks with following error: 

    The JAVA_HOME environment variable is pointing to an invalid version of Java. Install Oracle JDK and update the JAVA_HOME environment variable to contain the path of the JDK installation directory.                                                              
The JAVA_HOME environment variable is pointing to a directory that does not contain a java that was vended by Oracle Corporation or SunMicrosystems Inc.
Update JAVA_HOME so that java.vendor is set to either Oracle Corporation or Sun Microsystems Inc.

    Solution to this problem is to edit sodoers file (sudo visudo) and add one more line to Defaults section. In my case it was:

    ##
## Defaults specification
##

Defaults    env_reset
Defaults    env_keep += "BLOCKSIZE"
Defaults    env_keep += "COLORFGBG COLORTERM"
[...]
# Newly added line
Defaults    env_keep += "JAVA_HOME"

    Once this was done installation went smoothly.