Where is Oracle's (Sun's) JDK/JRE installed on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion?
Where does Oracle (Sun) install their JDK/JRE on Mac OS X 10.8 Mountain Lion?
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/
according to the Mac JDK Uninstall Docs.
The Oracle Java SE downloads at: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/overview/index.html
install here on Maverick at least:
/Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/
this JRE is entirely separate from the ones that Apple has installed, which are under /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
as another answer mentioned.
If you setting the JRE path in something like Eclipse you'll need to point to the /home directory i.e
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<Replace with version>/Contents/Home