[Qgis-user] using QGIS with Java 7?

[William Kyngesburye]

This is a side effect of the MDB driver in the GDAL framework.  It requires Java 6 because I thought it the simplest - the use of Java 6 triggers the system to want to install it, which it can do automatically from Apple.  Java 7+ is a separate, non-automatic, download & install from Oracle, and from the developer side more confusing to compile a binary for.  Java 6 is safe fro your system and should not confuse other software that will take advantage of more recent Java versions installed.

It's mentioned in the GDAL framework readme, but not directly in the GDAL Complete readme, so it's been catching people off guard.  I plan to make the MDB driver into a GDAL plugin so a basic GDAL install doesn't trigger the surprise.

On Oct 15, 2014, at 9:25 PM, Clifford Snow <clifford at snowandsnow.us> wrote:

> 
> On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 6:43 PM, Richard Welty <rwelty at averillpark.net> wrote:
> i am now setting up on a freshly built Macbook Air running 10.9.5 and
> the QGIS installer is insisting on Java 6; i have Oracle's Java 7 installed
> and have no particular interest in adding the older SDK to this system.
> is there any particular reason for the Java 6 requirement? if not, is there
> any way to get QGIS to work with Java 7?
> 
> Richard,
> I use QGIS on my Mac with the latest Java 7 with no problem. I don't remember a problem installing it. It could be that the residual Apple installed Java is still there. But I'm definitely running version 7 for JOSM. 
> 
> Clifford
> 
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