Installed jdk7u4 on Mac Lion, but no java runtime?
bvmMay 18 2012 — edited May 18 2012I just upgraded my MacBook Pro to Mac OS X Lion so that I could install Java FX. I downloaded and installed jdk-7u4-macosx-x64.dmg, which seemed to go fine. It sent me to the readme page, where there were instructions to see if the JDK installed successfully, which start by telling me to open the Java Preferences app. When I do that, I get a popup saying "To open Java Preferences, you need a Java runtime. Would you like to install one now?". Whuh?
I get the same message (modulo the application name) when I try to open a .jar file (not even a JavaFX jar) or an app like Eclipse.
However, if I type "java -version" to a terminal window, it reports I have version 1.7.0_04, just like the readme file said further down the page.
Any idea what went wrong, and how to remedy it?