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Abhi18022

Member

Registered: 2018-02-09

Posts: 3

Uable to install scilab

I think there is a update needed to my pc but i am not willing to update all the packages now do i have any other alternative way to update just JAVA API ver 1.7 to 1.8 or above.

Java found in /usr/lib/jvm/default
checking type of jvm... jdk
checking java API version... 1.7
configure: error: Wrong version of Java. Expected at least 1.8. Found 1.7
==> ERROR: A failure occurred in build().
    Aborting...
==> ERROR: Makepkg was unable to build scilab.
==> Restart building scilab ? [y/N]

here's the error how to fix this one

*this is my first post in the forum for excuse me for making some mistakes in asking questions and with my english
Advance Thanks

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Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 13,729

Re: Uable to install scilab

If you're not willing to update everything, you're on the wrong distro.

Java is installed concurrently, though, not updated from 1.7 to 1.8. You install the 1.8 packages and use archlinux-java to change the default.