Java is, and always has been, the source of many woes. And security holes. Lots of security holes. There’s really no reason to have it installed anymore, especially now that. So today is the day you remove it. RELATED: If you uninstall it and figure out that one of your applications depends on Java and won’t run anymore, it’s easy enough to reinstall it again.
Java for Mac 2018 full offline installer setup for Mac Java for OS X includes installation improvements, and supersedes all previous versions of Java for Mac OS X. This package installs the same version of Java 6 included in Java for Mac 2013-005. Download Java for OS X 2017-001 This supports 10.7 though 10.13 Java 6 is a huge security hole, however, so look for updated versions of your Java software.
Or stop using that application and find a better alternative. But either way, uninstalling Java isn’t going to break your computer permanently. Removing the Java Runtime This is easy enough.
Open up a Terminal window and paste in the following two lines. You’ll be prompted for your password. Sudo rm -fr /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin sudo rm -fr /Library/PreferencePanes/JavaControlPanel.prefpane Done!
Now you can close and reopen the System Preferences window to see that the icon is gone. Removing the Java JDK (Which May Not Be Installed) The java development kit is different than the runtime, and to remove that, you’ll need to run a different command and look in a different folder to see if it even is installed (usually it’s not). Open up a Terminal window and type in (or paste) the following command to switch to the correct folder: cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines And then use “ls” at the prompt to see if there is anything in there. In my case, there was. So then you’ll type in the following: sudo rm -rf jdk1 And then use the TAB key to make the shell complete the file name.
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It should look something like the following screenshot, but the number might be different in your case: That should be all you need to do. Making Sure Java is Gone It’s easy enough to make sure that Java is completely dead. You should already have noticed that closing and reopening System Preferences is enough to make the icon there go away, but to be really sure, you can open up a terminal and simply type “java”.
You’ll be presented with the message, “No Java runtime present, requesting install”. And then a little dialog box will pop up with the OK button highlighted, indicating that everything is going to be OK now. We’ve also covered if you want to do that.
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