I was installing Talend and I realised that Talend installation requires Java 1.7 or below but not any Java version above that. (as at the time of writing)
The installation quit straight away, giving a notification that it requires Java 1.7
These are the steps I followed to get Talend installation to succeed.
- First I checked the Java version currently running just to confirm by running the command java -version at the command prompt
![java version]()
- It was Java 1.8 so
- I uninstalled the Java 1.8 through the control panel. (You can also simply delete the system variable path to the 1.8 from the Environmental System Variable)
- Next I restarted my PC
- I downloaded Java 1.7 from here: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
- Choosing the windows 64 bit version as my PC is as such and installed it
![java 1.7 windows 64]()
- Next I set the System Variable path to the new Java 1.7 installation by copying the bin path of the Java 1.7 installation
![java installation bin folder]()
- Now I went to the System Environment Variables and added the new path there.
![java path system variable.PNG]()
- Now go to command prompt again and check java version. It should say 1.7.. now (you may have to restart to effect changes)
![java version after installation]()
