Force java path mac

Question

Before you answer "export JAVA_HOME=whatever >> ~/.bash_profile", just know it won't work. I even restarted my terminal and typed echo $JAVA_HOME, and got the right path.

How do you force (and I mean FORCE, not tell-java-it-exists) a custom path for the java home directory. My java 7 in installed in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java. Java doesn't recognize the java path. When I type java -version, it says 1.7.10_60. But, when I type java -version:1.7.10, it says it doesn't exist. When I launch my binary, it says Java 7 is required. It is a UNIX executable, and won't launch with the java command (with or without -jar).

Answer 1

You need to install the actual JRE (that path looks like just a plugin installation for applets). You can get it here