What requires JAVA ?

[droplink]

Hi
Is it possible to uninstall Java on Yosemite ?
Which applications use it ?

I really dislike Java and its constant updater.

 

[GGJstudios]

Hi
Is it possible to uninstall Java on Yosemite ?
Which applications use it ?

I really dislike Java and its constant updater.

Why did you install it? OS X ships without Java installed.

 

[droplink]

?? I never installed it ??
Not that I can recall anyway..

Or maybe I did...

 

[GGJstudios]

?? I never installed it ??
Not that I can recall anyway..

Or maybe I did...

OS X has shipped without Java installed since 10.7 Lion. The only way you have Java installed on a recent version is if you installed it yourself.

 

[Weaselboy]

?? I never installed it ??
Not that I can recall anyway..

Or maybe I did...

You can do two things to see if you have Java installed.

To see if you have the Java runtime installed that is used to run local apps, run this command in Terminal. If you do not have Java installed you will see a message that says "No Java runtime present, requesting install." then a popup to install Java. Just click more info on that pop and exit the info web page it takes you to.

java --version

Then to see if you have the Java web plugin installed just go to this site and if you do not have Java installed you will see a message in the middle that the Java plugin in missing.

 

[fisherking]

You can do two things to see if you have Java installed.

To see if you have the Java runtime installed that is used to run local apps, run this command in Terminal. If you do not have Java installed you will see a message that says "No Java runtime present, requesting install." then a popup to install Java. Just click more info on that pop and exit the info web page it takes you to.

java --version

Then to see if you have the Java web plugin installed just go to this site and if you do not have Java installed you will see a message in the middle that the Java plugin in missing.

or you can just look for the java preference pane in your system preferences...

 

[Weaselboy]

or you can just look for the java preference pane in your system preferences...

Yep... but if old versions of the plugin are on there the pref pane would not be there. I can't recall what version started using that pref pane.

I was not clear from the question if this was a new/clean machine with Yosemite or not.

 

[dmrowley]

Are you or any other user playing Minecraft on this Mac? If so, it requires Java to run...

 

[droplink]

Perfect! I removed it.
I have now neither Java, nor Flash on my iMac. What bliss

 

[Ethosik]

Illustrator or InDesign (or both I think) CS6 needed Java in order to work. I do not know if they fixed that for CC.

I know, that was a MAJOR disappointment. I do not want Java on my development Mac either. But I had to for some of the Adobe software

 

[fisherking]

Illustrator or InDesign (or both I think) CS6 needed Java in order to work. I do not know if they fixed that for CC.

I know, that was a MAJOR disappointment. I do not want Java on my development Mac either. But I had to for some of the Adobe software

i don't think inD needs it, just illustrator and dreamweaver...

 

[F1Mac]

Illustrator or InDesign (or both I think) CS6 needed Java in order to work. I do not know if they fixed that for CC.

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CC and up don't need java.

 

[Ethosik]

CC and up don't need java.

Oh sweet thanks!

 

[moonman239]

You can tell which apps use Java by searching your hard drive for .jar files;Java applications are usually contained in .jar files.