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Posted by jhiver at Nov 19, 2012, 10:34:04 AM

Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Hello Guys,

I'm having a hard time getting Sweet Home 3D to work on my new Macbook Pro Retina. I previously had it running without problems on my Mac Mini, which runs OS X Lion.

On the Macbook Pro, I have OS X Mountain Lion (18.8.2). When I launch the app, it says it needs Java SE 6 and prompts for an install. However when I click "install" (which should trigger the download + install process), it says the software is currently unavailable.

I've tried for several days and I always get this message.

I've installed java directly using Sun installation package and this is what I have now:

MacMimi-2:jre Mimi$ java -version
openjdk version "1.7.0-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-internal-root_2012_01_27_18_44-b00)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

Turns out installing Java doesn't make any difference. It still says Java SE 6 is needed.

I've tried downloading and using the "portable" version but I get the same error when I click on the MacOS X app.

Any clues on how to get this to work please? Sweet Home 3D is a superb app and I would like to enjoy it on my new computer...

Cheers
JM

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 19, 2012, 10:43:00 AM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Sweet Home 3D isn't compatible with Java 1.7 (or 7) under Mac OS X yet, so please install Java SE 6 provided by Apple.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by jhiver at Nov 20, 2012, 1:18:32 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Thanks for your reply, I've been desperately trying to find Java SE 6 download link on apple support pages without much success... ah well, it's better one knowing than 100 searching -)

Downloading now, I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks again.

Cheers
JM

Posted by jhiver at Nov 20, 2012, 1:27:16 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Hello Again.

Doesn't work... when I try to install the download you supplied, it says "this update needs Mac OS X 10.6". But I have 10.8... :-(

Thanks
JM

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 20, 2012, 3:49:54 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Sorry I should have better read the link I gave you.
This one should be ok:
http://www.macupdate.com/app/mac/39490/apple-java
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by jhiver at Nov 21, 2012, 8:18:09 AM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
OK, I'm officially in Java nightmare... when i try to install, it says a more recent version of this package is already installed. I've tried following instructions found here:

http://www.java.com/en/download/help/mac_uninstall_java.xml

and here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5559?viewlocale=en_US

To uninstall Java and renable java 6 but it doesn't seem to work. It always says "a more version of this package is already installed".

Who said MacOS was user-friendly? :-)

If you have any clues...

Thanks
JM

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 21, 2012, 4:43:42 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
I think the problem comes from the fact that you made some tests with Java 7 while its development, and you never removed the JDK you installed.
Do you have some subfolders in /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ or ~/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ folders (if you hate Terminal, you can type these directories with Finder > Go > Go To Folder menu item)?
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by jhiver at Nov 22, 2012, 5:58:25 AM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Hello,

I don't hate terminal, quite the contrary in fact :)

Here's what I see:

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ ls -al /System/Library/Java/
total 0
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Nov 8 11:33 .
drwxr-xr-x 74 root wheel 2516 Nov 8 11:33 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root wheel 170 Nov 8 16:00 Extensions
drwxr-xr-x 4 root wheel 136 Nov 8 11:33 Support

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ ls -al ~/System/Library/Java/
ls: /Users/Mimi/System/Library/Java/: No such file or directory

Cheers
JM

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 22, 2012, 5:35:56 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
And what is the path returned by the following command?

/usr/libexec/java_home

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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by jhiver at Nov 22, 2012, 7:05:07 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
This is where it's getting weirder...

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ /usr/libexec/java_home
-bash: /usr/libexec/java_home: No such file or directory

But...

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ locate java_home
/usr/libexec/java_home

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ ls -al /usr/libexec/java_home
lrwxr-xr-x 1 root wheel 79 Nov 8 11:33 /usr/libexec/java_home -> /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java_home

Is a symlink to a file which no longer exists - probably because i tried uninstalling java using different methods as I was browsing / googling on how to do it...

I know java 7 is installed but I don't even know where that is installed :-(

Posted by Puybaret at Nov 22, 2012, 7:22:17 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Running the following command will help you to find where java is:

sudo find / -name java -type f

Be patient, this command should take a while.
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Emmanuel Puybaret, Sweet Home 3D creator

Posted by jhiver at Nov 25, 2012, 8:09:11 PM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Hello

FYI /usr/bin/java is a symlink to /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application Loader.app/Contents/MacOS/itms/java/bin/java

Command results below, let me know what you think.

MacMimi-2:~ Mimi$ sudo find / -name java -type f
Password:
/.MobileBackups/Computer/2012-11-21-105151/Volume/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application Loader.app/Contents/MacOS/itms/java/bin/java
find: /dev/fd/3: Not a directory
find: /dev/fd/4: Not a directory
/System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Users/Mimi/Downloads/SweetHome3D-3.7-portable/jre/linux/i586/jre1.6.0_37/bin/java
/Users/Mimi/Downloads/SweetHome3D-3.7-portable/jre/linux/x64/jre1.6.0_37/bin/java
/usr/share/file/magic/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java
find: /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ymtjj956.default/adblockplus/patterns-backup1.ini: No such file or directory
find: /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ymtjj956.default/adblockplus/patterns-backup4.ini: No such file or directory
find: /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ymtjj956.default/adblockplus/patterns-backup2.ini: No such file or directory
find: /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Library/Application Support/Firefox/Profiles/ymtjj956.default/adblockplus/patterns-backup3.ini: No such file or directory
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application Loader.app/Contents/MacOS/itms/java/bin/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-19-073958/Macintosh HD/usr/share/file/magic/java
find: /Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-23-075548: No such file or directory
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-23-192444/Macintosh HD/System/Library/Java/Support/CoreDeploy.bundle/Contents/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-23-192444/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Downloads/SweetHome3D-3.7-portable/jre/linux/i586/jre1.6.0_37/bin/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-23-192444/Macintosh HD/Users/Mimi/Downloads/SweetHome3D-3.7-portable/jre/linux/x64/jre1.6.0_37/bin/java
/Volumes/MobileBackups/Backups.backupdb/MacMimi (2)/2012-11-23-192444/Macintosh HD/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Applications/Application Loader.app/Contents/MacOS/itms/java/bin/java
nfs server localhost:/8w6P4Nds7ISDmcnIrEBiuw: not responding
nfs server localhost:/8w6P4Nds7ISDmcnIrEBiuw: not responding
find: fts_read: No such file or directory

Posted by jhiver at Nov 27, 2012, 11:04:07 AM

Re: Installation woes on MacBook Pro
Hello

I managed to get it working again!

I had to sudo.

Then I removed all the Java Framework stuff using good old "rm -rf System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/"

Then I unpacked JavaForOSX.dmg. It contains 4 .pkg files. JavaEssentials.pkg, JavaForOSX.pkg both contain a Payload file which I have moved to /JavaEssentials.tgz, /JavaForOSX.tgz

Then I dirtily did a tar zxvf of these two files while in the root folder.

At this point my Java install was totally fubar, but it was good enough to "fool" the installer. Thus, I then reran the .pkg installer from the JavaForOSX .dmg file and now at last, Sweet Home 3D is working again :-)

Pheeew...

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