# Action failed: Setting Java version to Oracle 7 **URL:** \ **Category:** Mobile\ **Created:** [April 29, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681 "2016-04-29T04:25:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Andoctorey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/andoctorey/32/813_2.png) [@Andoctorey](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Andoctorey)\ **Post date:** [April 29, 2016, 4:25am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681/1 "2016-04-29T04:25:20Z")
Setting Java version to Oracle 700:00config Exit code: 2 update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java for java not registered; not setting update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac for javac not registered; not setting update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac returned exit code 2 Action failed: Setting Java version to Oracle 7 My circle.yml - [https://gist.github.com/Andoctorey/579b1086fce05488201bf798021c2729](https://gist.github.com/Andoctorey/579b1086fce05488201bf798021c2729) ---
**Author:** ![Andoctorey](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/user_avatar/discuss.circleci.com/andoctorey/32/813_2.png) [@Andoctorey](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/Andoctorey)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2016, 9:57am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681/2 "2016-05-03T09:57:11Z")
The problem was in these lines: > ``` > java: > version: oraclejdk7 > > ``` Changed to `oraclejdk8` and it helped 😉 ---
**Author:** ![klindklind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e5b9ba/32.png) [@klindklind](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/klindklind)\ **Post date:** [June 17, 2016, 6:16am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681/3 "2016-06-17T06:16:00Z")
That helped but the project I’m building requires Java 7 to be used so this isn’t a solution for me. The strange thing here is that I’ve been able to successfully use oraclejdk7 for some time but suddenly it stopped working. I’m not sure if this has something to do with the fact that I changed the build environment from Ubuntu 12 -\> 14? I also tried to change back to the previously working environment Ubuntu 12 but the problem persists and my builds keep on failing: update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java for java not registered; not setting update-alternatives: error: alternative /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac for javac not registered; not setting update-alternatives --set java /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/java update-alternatives --set javac /usr/lib/jvm/jdk1.7.0/bin/javac returned exit code 2 Action failed: Setting Java version to Oracle 7 ---
**Author:** ![vharvala](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/6a8cbe/32.png) [@vharvala](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/vharvala)\ **Post date:** [July 7, 2016, 7:19am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681/4 "2016-07-07T07:19:46Z")
This has happened to our builds a lot lately. Builds that used to work are now failing with this error. Any news about when this will be fixed? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/circleci/original/3X/5/1/511608acda8e85906e15909b57bd0a46c1dbe291.png) [@system](https://discuss.circleci.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2018, 11:33am UTC](https://discuss.circleci.com/t/action-failed-setting-java-version-to-oracle-7/3681/5 "2018-06-18T11:33:26Z")