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9.2.0.0 requires java 8 but states java 7 as requirement #5247
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Ahh I guess we didn't announce the move to 8 in all appropriate places. We'll get that fixed up everywhere. |
jRuby requests java version 1.5 or higher (if it cannot find the Java version) when run with no arguments |
@seadoggie01 that appears to be changed on master to 1.8. |
@enebo That could be, I was using version 9.2.0.0 that I downloaded from the website. I should've thought of that! |
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I attempted to install 9.2.0.0 on a bunch of systems, including Debian 8 and 9.
On Debian 9 which provides openjdk 8, installation succeeded.
On Debian 8 which provides openjdk 7, installation failed with the following message:
Installing java 8 on Debian 8 allowed 9.2.0.0 installation to succeed.
I then attempted to figure out what java is required by jruby:
So, I checked out master and attempted to build it on Debian 8, and received the following error:
... leading me to believe that java 8 is the minimum required version for 9.2.0.0.
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