Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine Mac OSX Mavericks

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user1574598 picture user1574598 · Sep 1, 2014 · Viewed 139.5k times · Source

I just installed the latest Java SDK 7-67 from Oracle on the Mac 10.9.4. I then ran the command java -v in Terminal and I get this message:

Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.

Answer

BatScream picture BatScream · Sep 1, 2014

Normally this error occurs when you invoke java by supplying the wrong arguments/options. In this case it should be the version option. 

java -version

So to double check you can always do java -help, and see if the option exists. In this case, there is no option such as v.

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