How do I run Eclipse using Oracle's new 1.7 JDK for the Mac?

Question

I\'m trying to get the new 1.7 JDK working with Eclipse (this is Oracle\'s official release).

I don\'t mean just pointing Eclipse to it so you can use it in projects

Answer 1

I had a similar problem after downloading and installing Titanium. My eclipse worked but Titanium didn't and so I ended up looking in the config file to see what was different

Eclipse had

eclipse.p2.profile=epp.package.standard

Titanium had

eclipse.p2.profile=profile

After changing the above to match the eclipse config I was able to launch Titanium

Answer 2

After installing Oracle JRE and JDK, open Info.plist inside Eclipse.app(right click, show contents) and paste after "Eclipse" "-vm/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM"

Mine looks like this:

    <key>Eclipse</key>
    <array>
        <string>-vm</string><string>/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/JavaVM</string>
        <string>-keyring</string><string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
        <string>-showlocation</string>
    </array>

If you do that, you will not have to update the file after upgrading JRE.

Answer 3

Just edit

Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist

You have to use a specific Java version (instead of the platform's default) uncomment one of the following options:

<string>-vm</string>
<string>/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>

This helped me rollback from 1.7.0 to 1.6.0.

Answer 4

Assuming you are using a version of Eclipse which supports Java 7 (I believe anything 3.7 and above) you should be able to specify the JVM used by Eclipse in the eclipse.ini file. If you open it up, you should see a "-vm" property followed by the directory of the JVM you're currently using. You should be able to just change this directory to your 1.7 installation.

Note: I've not used Eclipse on Mac, so the name of the configuration file may be different.

Answer 5

This solved for me in few clicks. GoTo Eclipse - > Preference - > Java - > Installed JRE - > Add button - > Standard VM and refer the JRE Home path to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_55.jdk/Contents/Home and add custom name. After the JRE path is given the required Jar files will be automatically added and click finish. Please make sure jdk is already installed.

Answer 6

On a Mac above does not seem to work. For me with Eclipse KEPLER it worked by adding

-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/

at the end of my eclipse.ini (without that linebreak)

This finally changed my Eclipse Installation Details > Configuration from

-vm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework

to

-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/../jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib

This did not work with my Eclipse INDIGO installation.