Error trying to installing JDK8 U11 OSX 10.10 Yosemite

java, macos, osx-yosemite

Solution

The OSX version is stored in /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist

We can temporary change the OSX version before installing de package.

Change OSX version 10.10 to 10.9:

`sudo sed -i '' 's/>10.10</>10.9</' /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist`

Install Java and don't forget to change your JAVA_HOME to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_11.jdk

Restore OSX version

`sudo sed -i '' 's/>10.9</>10.10</' /System/Library/CoreServices/SystemVersion.plist`

Problem

Today was the release of Oracle JDK8 U11. When I try to install the .pkg in OSX yosemite 10.10 I get this error and can't continue.

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