right well after some work this is what i now got: java 7 update 9. i have a version of java 6 ready to go but it wont install because java 7 is still there.it now says update failed and this is the log:
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] Launcher is starting....
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] Launcher Build: '1.0.2.0'
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] Allocated 1820.5 Mb of RAM
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] Java VM: '1.7.0_07-b10'
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] OS Version: '10.7.5'
[17:03:39] [sEVERE] Is 64-bit: 'true'
[17:03:40] [sEVERE] [info] Downloading 'mirrors.yml' from 'http://mirror.technicpack.net/Technic/mirrors.yml'.
[17:03:41] [sEVERE] Starting download of 'http://mirror.technicpack.net/Technic/CHECKSUM.md5', with 3 trie(s) remaining
[17:03:47] [sEVERE] Copying: /temp/file9056853382548580288.tmp to: /launcher/CHECKSUM.md5
[17:03:47] [sEVERE] File Downloaded: /launcher/CHECKSUM.md5
[17:03:48] [sEVERE] [MD5 Mismatch] File '/launcher/tekkit/modpack.yml' has md5 of '56df5e1ab00e7d816b3b8218a3993512' instead of '032eedc7183acde5b75cd13f9ff2e324'
[17:03:48] [sEVERE] [info] Downloading 'modpack.yml' from 'http://mirror.technicpack.net/Technic/tekkit/modpack.yml'.
[17:03:48] [sEVERE] [info] Downloading 'minecraft.yml' from 'http://mirror.technicpack.net/Technic/minecraft.yml'.
[17:04:03] [sEVERE] Starting download of minecraft, with 3 trie(s) remaining
[17:04:10] [sEVERE] Downloaded 'minecraft.jar' does not matche MD5 of any known minecraft version!
[17:04:10] [sEVERE] Starting download of minecraft, with 2 trie(s) remaining
[17:04:18] [sEVERE] Downloaded 'minecraft.jar' does not matche MD5 of any known minecraft version!
[17:04:18] [sEVERE] Starting download of minecraft, with 1 trie(s) remaining
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] Downloaded 'minecraft.jar' does not matche MD5 of any known minecraft version!
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] java.io.IOException: Failed to download minecraft
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.MinecraftDownloadUtils.downloadMinecraft(MinecraftDownloadUtils.java:77)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.GameUpdater.updateMC(GameUpdater.java:121)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.gui.LoginForm$3.doInBackground(LoginForm.java:850)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at org.spoutcraft.launcher.gui.LoginForm$3.doInBackground(LoginForm.java:1)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at javax.swing.SwingWorker$1.call(SwingWorker.java:296)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask$Sync.innerRun(FutureTask.java:334)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at java.util.concurrent.FutureTask.run(FutureTask.java:166)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at javax.swing.SwingWorker.run(SwingWorker.java:335)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor.runWorker(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:1110)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at java.util.concurrent.ThreadPoolExecutor$Worker.run(ThreadPoolExecutor.java:603)
[17:04:26] [sEVERE] at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:722)
[17:04:39] [sEVERE] Exiting the Technic Launcher
what i need: how to wipe java 7 from my comp entirely OR the teminal commands to get tekkit running any way possible. or any other explanation of whats going on
many thnx to the good people of the tekkit forums