[Qgis-user] using QGIS with Java 7?

[Richard Welty]

On 10/15/14 10:55 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> 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.
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> 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.
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interestingly i never did install Java 6, but retried the QGIS installer
one more time and it installed anyway with Java 7. no idea why.

richard

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