Wrong JVM version! You are running with java version "1.6.0_65" but JIRA requires at least 1.8 to r

Question

Greetings,

- I am trying to download Jira, nothing loads when I go to http://localhost:808

-I have received the following error in terminal " Wrong JVM version! You are running with java version "1.6.0_65" but JIRA requires at least 1.8 to run. "

-I have downloaded the most up to date Java version on my Mac OS X Version 10.11.6 laptop.

Anyone have any clue as to why it says I have the wrong Java version when I don't (i.e. I have 1.8 view image below ) ?????

Alexey Matveev · Answer

Hello,

You should not install jdk or jre on the machine where Jira server runs. Jira already has embedded JVM in the <jira_installation_dir>/jre.

You downloaded Java 1.9. Uninstall it.  Jira 7 Supports only 1.8. Here is the list of supported platforms

https://confluence.atlassian.com/adminjiraserver070/supported-platforms-749382629.html

What is in your JAVA_HOME path?

unknown · Answer

Hi Alexey,

Sorry to bother again, but I am quite confused now. I followed the steps instructed and I thought I had it figured out, but when trying to run I know get this error 
As you can see, it is not specifying what JVM version I am running ( before it showed the oudated version.)

- I downloaded the most up to date Java JDK, and appeared to save it to JAVA_HOME (view below) So not certain as to how to debug on my own because I am under the impression I have the right version of Java , it is stored correctly but the error is saying otherwise. Many thanks for all opinions.

unknown · Answer

Hi Alexey,

Great, will do! thank you !!