I've just upgraded to Yosemite. I'm trying to run the latest version of Eclipse but I get an error saying that Eclipse cannot run on Java 6. Running java --version on Terminal gives me Java 8. Why is Eclipse using Java 6?
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1There is already a question at StackOverflow: stackoverflow.com/questions/24023956/…– ohboy21Oct 21, 2014 at 10:12
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I've tried that every answer on that thread, no luck.– ruipachecoOct 22, 2014 at 8:17
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@lapinrigolo I think you need to explain what exactly went wrong with those answers as several of them do work– mmmmmmJan 12, 2015 at 13:37
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I guess because none was the solution I found? No idea otherwise.– ruipachecoJan 12, 2015 at 15:51
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I fixed this by downloading the 64bit version of Eclipse.
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Most of the times when you are installing any of the software, we should make sure whether it is 32-bit or 64-bit. Unless the software supports both. That's the normal practice. May 8, 2015 at 8:30
Make sure you have the Java Control Panel installed (System Preferences) if not download the latest JAVA from https://www.java.com (actual exact version is JAVA 7 update 71). You may then get a working version of eclipse on : https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ You may need to start Eclipse the first time by "right clicking" and choose "Open" (I don't think the application is signed to be acknowledge by Gatekeeper)...
I could open Eclipse after download this version of java http://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572
As it was said, sometimes upgrading from LUNA to MARS solves the problem - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/mars
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@patrix I mean, it said "I fixed this by downloading the 64bit version of Eclipse." Sep 23, 2015 at 16:02
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So this is primarily a confirmation that the accepted answer indeed works? Please have a look at the FAQ to understand that on this site there are better ways to show agreement than by repeating an already given answer– nohillside ♦Sep 23, 2015 at 17:39
You need to replace the system Java 1.6 by a downloaded 1.8.
See: https://gist.github.com/johan/10590467
I'm still stuck with Eclipse: "The JVM shared library ..... does not contain the JNI_CreateJavaVM symbol", but at least it's detecting the right java.
