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CareerAspirant
CareerAspirant

Reputation: 11

Windows 32-bit Eclipse installed on a 64-bit OS?

Can I have Windows 32-bit Eclipse installed on a 64-bit OS? I have some plugins which works only on 32-bit Eclipse so shall I install the 32-bit Eclipse? And what about my JAVA then? Should I have Windows x86 or Windows x64?

Appreciate your time!

Upvotes: 1

Views: 6065

Answers (2)

Chris Nava
Chris Nava

Reputation: 6802

Yes. You'll need to install the 32 bit version of the JDK and set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to point to it. Then you can start Eclipse by specifying the java VM in eclipse.ini or via a batch script.

@echo off
start "Eclipse %WORKSPACE%" eclipse.exe -data %WORKSPACE% -vm "%JAVA_HOME%/bin/javaw.exe"

Upvotes: 0

Oded
Oded

Reputation: 499312

You can install 32bit Eclipse on 64bit Windows without an issue.

The Windows OS has facilities to deal with 32bit processes.

Upvotes: 7

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