To open “Eclipse” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime

Question

Just installed a fresh version of Kepler 64bit \"for Java Developers\" on Yosemite, getting this error on first launch. Any thoughts on how to fix? Really do not want to downgra

Answer 1

My Mac crashed and after the restart I had the same issue. Turned out that for some reason the file /usr/libexec/java_home was missing. After symlinking it to /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/Current/Commands/java_home, Eclipse now starts without any complains.