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installed jdk by and have Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine

By Gabriel Cooper •

I am getting my new laptop going and went to install the latest oracle JDK 7u25. I followed the instructions on this site to do it.

Afterwards when I type java --version in the terminal I get the error:

Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine

I tried reinstalling it via a different method but the error wont go away. I am running Ubuntu 12.04 64bit.

1 Answer

Use:

java -version

instead of:

java --version

However, it's still not excusable that such cryptic error message is produced for the extra dash sign. Especially because java is not an amateur software but a kind of the very best software.

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