[KARAF-2921] bin/karaf selecting the wrong Java VM on a computer with Java 8 installed

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Affects Version/s: 3.0.1
• Fix Version/s: 2.4.0, 3.0.2, 4.0.0.M3
• Component/s: karaf

Environment

Mac OS X with Java 8 and Java 7 installed

• Assignee: Jean-Baptiste Onofré
• Reporter: David Riccitelli
• Created: 18/Apr/14 12:55
• Updated: 14/Sep/18 08:36
• Resolved: 22/Apr/14 08:54

Description

I have a Mac OS X with both Java 8 and Java 7 installed.

If I run bin/karaf, the script selects the Java 8 VM and things do not work well.

I made a small change to line 198 of the bin/karaf script, from:

JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home)"

to:

JAVA_HOME="$(/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7)"

This way the script selects the Java 7 VM.

May I suggest to update the script in the repo as well?

Thanks!

Issue Links

• is a clone of: KARAF-2922 bin/karaf selecting the wrong Java VM on a computer with Java 8 installed
• is related to: KARAF-2602 Support Java 8