i am pretty sure i have the updated java though because when i run system updater it doesn't find anything to update, and that should be posted...

the exact message in the terminal was:

Last login: Fri Jan 9 00:27:02 on ttyp1
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Sarah-Minchoms-Computer:~ sarahminchom$ java -version
Bus error
Sarah-Minchoms-Computer:~ sarahminchom$




...it really just said bus error.

so is it that the java app is corrupt?