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    How do I purge Java7 and install older version

    I installed Oracle Java 7 according to THIS and found it didn't work with the web based software(chat room) I was using because of some glitch it needed an older version. I removed the PPA and did this:

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    david@MainSqueeze:~$ sudo apt-get remove oracle-java7-installer
    [sudo] password for david: 
    Reading package lists... Done
    Building dependency tree       
    Reading state information... Done
    E: Unable to locate package oracle-java7-installer
    david@MainSqueeze:~$ java -version
    java version "1.7.0_51"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_51-b13)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.51-b03, mixed mode)

    As you can see from above Java7 is still installed. I can't find it in synaptic, tried the above command with purge instead of remove and it is still there according to Java -version. How do I get rid of it and go to an earlier version of Java?

    edit: not sure if this was correct procedure but I deleted the java7 files/folder in /usr/lib/jvm and java seems to be gone
    Last edited by SuperFreak; February 8th, 2014 at 07:37 PM.
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