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

Question

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 1

Hello @kartik,

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.

Hope this is helpful!!