Installer says I need old Java?

[timberwo1f]

Greetings!

 

I am attempting to install Forge on my new ASUS computer, so I can have the mods I love, but every type of install I try is met with an error message that states that I need Java 6 - which is no longer offered by Java. How can I fix this?

 

Timberwo1f

[larsgerrits]

You can still download Java 6 from the Java archives. But it shouldn't complain about you using a newer version of Java. Can you post the error log?

[timberwo1f]

As soon as I click the installer file it says this:

 

This Application requires a Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0

 

The only option is to press the OK button, which opens the Java page.

[larsgerrits]

What installer are you using? Just

installer

or

installer-win

? Also, for which Minecraft and Forge version?

[timberwo1f]

I've tried Installer and Installer Win - and even Universal (yes, I read statements but I did this before I read that). Both have same result. I have Minecraft version 1.11 and am attempting to install the 1.11 version of Forge for it. It never even installs, I click it, and I get the Java message.

[larsgerrits]

It's weird, as I don't get the message, and I only have Java 8 installed. Did you try updating your Java to the latest version?

[timberwo1f]

yes I did, and the problem persists - I just attempted 1.10.2 and still got the Java issue - can't find that version of Java on their site

 

[Ravenleft]

This doesn't make any sense.

 

What exact version of Java do you have installed?

Open the start menu, type About Java or open a command prompt and type "java -version" and tell us what it says (the underlined text in the image below from either variant...or both if they somehow differ).

 

 

 

[timberwo1f]

Ok, so I got some sleep and went back at it - I found a JRE for 6 on minecraft forums and the first time forge installed it said it missed some libraries. Second time, it said it grabbed one required library. Now it shows up as a version of mc in the edit profile area, but it won't run, keeps crashing.

[timberwo1f]

I don't really think it's using Java 6, it just refused to install without it. It took a few tries but it finally installed after I got the Java 6 it wanted. So apparently it was my pre-existing mods (transferred in files from old computer) that was causing the crash - gonna have to get new versions of those mods I guess

[AJackson]

Thank you for taking time to explain this guys. I had the same problem, but I installed java 6 just to install it, the removed and have no problem now. Thank you

Also, do you know if can purchase a Gameband for Minecraft from Amazon US from Canada using a cheap package forwarding and shipping service to Canada from USA? I really like the GameBands but unfortunately nothing is available in Canadian's online stores, not even Amazon CA.