
Now there are several proprietary java tools that will only run with oracle's official java (from the AUR), and sometimes only with specific versions of it. Uninstalling and reinstalling will do nothing to help the situation, and if it would, reinstalling alone would be sufficient (e.g. They just wanted to get rid of you ("have you tried turning it off and on again"). However, the "tech support" advice you got was almost certainly crap. If you need to remove jre7-openjdk you'll also need to remove jdk7-openjdk (or skip dependency checks, though that would defeat the present purpose). I can provide full script, if interested.Jre != jdk. With this method I can remove all versions before installing new one. $query = "select * from win32_Product where (Name like 'Java %' or Name like 'Java(TM)%' or Name like 'J2SE%') and (Name 'Java Auto Updater') and (Name like '%(64-bit)%') and ((Vendor='Sun Microsystems, Inc.') or (Vendor like 'Oracle%')) and (NOT Name like '%CompuGROUP%') and (NOT Name like '%IBM%') and (NOT Name like '%DB%') and (NOT Name like '%Advanced Imaging%') and (NOT Name like '%Media Framework%') and (NOT Name like '%SDK%') and (NOT Name like '%Development Kit%')" $query = "select * from win32_Product where (Name like 'Java %' or Name like 'Java(TM)%' or Name like 'J2SE%') and (Name 'Java Auto Updater') and (Not Name like '%(64-bit)%') and ((Vendor='Sun Microsystems, Inc.') or (Vendor like 'Oracle%')) and (NOT Name like '%CompuGROUP%') and (NOT Name like '%IBM%') and (NOT Name like '%DB%') and (NOT Name like '%Advanced Imaging%') and (NOT Name like '%Media Framework%') and (NOT Name like '%SDK%') and (NOT Name like '%Development Kit%')" I run a WMI Quiery to get all versions of 32-bit and 64-bit Java with these quieries: I use powershell script to run the upgrade process ( SCCM application runs that script ). I was in the same boat to deploy Java 8u102 (had to go with older version for compartability issues with one vendor site), previously removing all older versions.
