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How to remove "To use the java command line tool you need to install a JDK" message after installing Sierra

Upgraded from Yosemite to Sierra and a pop up appears after every computer restart. The pop up message reads, "To use the java command-line tool you need to install a JDK".

MacBook Pro with Retina display, macOS Sierra (10.12)

Posted on Oct 8, 2016 10:47 AM

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Posted on Oct 8, 2016 11:10 AM

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You have to install Apple's legacy Java 6 as you have installed software that is improperly coded such that it will only work with that. the two I know of are Adobe creative suite and some facebook video chat software.


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if it is actually correctly coded, you may be able to install a current JDK from Oracle's website. The JRE on Java.com will not work.

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Oct 8, 2016 11:10 AM in response to ChBrown

There are about a thousand similar posts on this.


You have to install Apple's legacy Java 6 as you have installed software that is improperly coded such that it will only work with that. the two I know of are Adobe creative suite and some facebook video chat software.


Download Java for OS X 2015-001


if it is actually correctly coded, you may be able to install a current JDK from Oracle's website. The JRE on Java.com will not work.

How to remove "To use the java command line tool you need to install a JDK" message after installing Sierra

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