I would like to set up Eclipse to run for all users of a Mac running OS X 10.9.4 (Mavericks). I logged in to the administrator account (User) and did the following:
- I installed the latest version of the JDK (jdk-7u67-macosx-x64.dmg).
- I downloaded the tarball of the latest version of Eclipse standard Luna.
- I double-clicked on the tarball (eclipse-standard-luna-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz) to uncompress/unzip it.
- I dragged the created eclipse folder into Macintosh HD/Applications.
- I double-clicked on the Eclipse Application in the eclipse folder and launched Eclipse.
The problem occurs when I log out of the administrator account and in to an ordinary user account. When I double-click on the Eclipse Application, I get this error:
You can't open the application "Eclipse" because it is not supported on this type of Mac.
I don't think this is the real reason. I am able to run Eclipse as an ordinary user if, as that user, I uncompress that same tarball and launch its Eclipse application.
Back to the version I installed as User, if I try running Applications/eclipse from the command line as an ordinary user, I get this error:
-bash: ./eclipse: Permission denied
Digging through, looking for a permissions problem, I found:
-rwxr-x---@ 1 user staff 34608 Jun 12 01:08 /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse
After chmod'ing this file to 755, I can get Eclipse to run for ordinary users if they double-click on the link /Applications/eclipse/eclipse in the Finder. This seems like a hack, though, and lacks robustness. Specifically, I'd like to get the Eclipse Application working so it can appear in the dock. If I launch via the eclipse link /Applications/eclipse/eclipse and then right-click on the Eclipse icon in the dock and save it, I cannot launch with it later, or I get the same error as above:
You can't open the application "Eclipse" because it is not supported on this type of Mac.
What is the right fix?
