java 7 install on mac broken/ incomplete?

Question

I installed java 7 (both the JDK and the JRE) on a MAC (OSX 10.10.3). java preferences shows the installed version correctly (1.7.0_80) as does the output of "java -version". However it seems some path/ environment variables are not updated since /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions is still showing only up to 1.6 and not 1.7. Programs like Eclipse that are specifically looking for Java 7 or later in this path are hence failing to run.

Any suggestions ?

Possible duplicate: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/6267392/how-do-i-use-jdk-7-on-mac-osx — devonlazarus, Jun 20 '15 at 01:43
Wait, there is a JRE in JDK why did you installed both ? no need for that ! — , Jun 20 '15 at 01:48
Can you make some screenshots ? like what is being shown in Java-version and Eclipse configuration ? — , Jun 20 '15 at 01:51
Java 7 (and 8) install in '/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines' — greg-449, Jun 20 '15 at 06:49

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jun 20 '15 at 06:49

It's in a different location now: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/.

For instance, on my machine:

$ ls /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
1.4  1.4.2  1.5  1.5.0  1.6  1.6.0  A  Current  CurrentJDK

$ ls /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
jdk1.7.0_67.jdk  jdk1.8.0_20.jdk  jdk1.8.0_45.jdk

java 7 install on mac broken/ incomplete?

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