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The official Apple updates only get me up to java version "1.5.0_30". I'm trying to apply the 1.6 update manually from JavaForMacOSX10.5Update6.pkg and it gives me

A newer version of this package is already installed

I tried this:

cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions
sudo rm -fr CurrentJDK
sudo ln -s 1.6 CurrentJDK

and no good... How can I get 1.6?

I even looked at this question installed Update 10, and now I have 1.6 and 1.6.0 in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions and the current folder also has the 1.6 files, but in the java preferences i have only 1.4.2 and J2SE 5.0 (1.5)

java-preferences

UPDATE: It appears 32 bit OSX support only up to 1.5, and ther's no official way to run 1.6 on non- 64 bit...
is there a way around it? I'm trying to run PHPstorm whic requires 1.6

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    Also, it's probably a very bad idea to rm and move around stuff there.
    – slhck
    Jul 25, 2011 at 15:33
  • Can you check what version you have installed?
    – soandos
    Jul 25, 2011 at 16:08
  • @soandos 1.5.0_30
    – ilyo
    Jul 25, 2011 at 16:27
  • Just to get an overview, can you add a ls -l /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions?
    – slhck
    Jul 26, 2011 at 9:58
  • And what's more, it has to be 64-bit intel!
    – SamB
    Oct 13, 2012 at 0:08

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