UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

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quick_dry
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UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

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I just ran the new release 6.0.0 and on El Capitan it complains that I need Java 6 SE, is this a bug or correct behaviour? Java 8 is the version that the windows release requires.
Nadahar
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Re: UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

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That must be a bug, we have dropped Java 6 support some versions ago. Java 7 or Java 8 should work.
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Re: UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

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Doesn't sound right at all. Appbundler (which builds the .app and the launcher) is built with Java 7 for maximum comparability for Java 7 and 8. It only launches for these versions (7 and 8) and apple stopped bundling java 6 with OS X some time ago.
If you can attach a screen shot of the error its giving it would be great
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Re: UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

Post by FineWine »

I too have just installed the latest version of UMS and are having problems to do with Java on Mac OS10.11.3

Completely uninstalled UMS

I then completely uninstalled ALL VERSIONS of Java.

I then installed the latest Java Version 8 Update 73

Installed UMS version 6 but it complained it needed Java 6SE

I uninstalled UMS again

I then installed OS X 2015-001 which installs the legacy Java 6 runtime for OS X 10.11 El Capitan

Installed UMS version 6

Now the error message is "The application “Universal Media Server.app” can’t be opened"

I then uninstalled UMS version 6 and installed UMS 5.2.2 and all works fine.

So there is a problem with UMS version 6
bobtoubman
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Re: UMS 6.0.0, El Capitan requires Java 6?

Post by bobtoubman »

I am new to UMS and tried to download java 8 and ams 6
both seem to download but when i try to open ums nothing happens
am i missing something? or do i have to do something to open ums after downloading?
i use OS X el capitan latest version

thanks for your help
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