I tried sudo yum update but it just keeps java "1.7.0_75". I need 1.8 for it to work with another application but can't figure out how to upgrade it. Do I need to manually install it somehow? There's not much information on this on the internet as far as I can see. Specs: java version "1.7.0_75" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (amzn-2.5.4.0.53.amzn1-x86_64 u75-b13) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.7
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