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Laird Nelson
Laird Nelson

Reputation: 16238

Where did jvisualvm go?

I am running Mac OSX Snow Leopard.

I've always updated Java using the regular Software Update features of Mac OSX.

I've used the Java jvisualvm tool in the past with great success.

This morning I typed jvisualvm into the command line as I often do. I got the following error:

 $ jvisualvm
 Unable to locate an executable at "/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/jvisualvm" (-1)

All of the other Java tools (java, javac, jps, etc.) work just fine.

/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin indeed does not contain jvisualvm (all of a sudden).

/usr/libexec/java_home yields:

$ /usr/libexec/java_home
/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

WTF?

Upvotes: 67

Views: 76432

Answers (9)

kaimerra
kaimerra

Reputation: 341

It seems the supporting bundle got removed upon update. https://discussions.apple.com/thread/4474992?start=0&tstart=0

Download the bundle to use as a workaround. https://visualvm.github.io/download.html

Upvotes: 29

Abdullah Mohammad Motiullah
Abdullah Mohammad Motiullah

Reputation: 12582

For JDK 9+ users

Starting with JDK 9, Visual VM will not be included with Oracle JDK. Developers who would like to use Visual VM with Oracle JDK 9 or later can get it from the Visual VM open source project site.

Upvotes: 15

hko19
hko19

Reputation: 1064

I downloaded the visualvm (.dmg from java.net) and that works for me on my Mountain Lion.

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screen shot of VisualVM Download page with specific option for Mac OS X application

Upvotes: 22

Aditya Vikas Devarapalli
Aditya Vikas Devarapalli

Reputation: 3483

The Visual VM binary path for JDK 1.8 in macOS Mojave is

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/jvisualvm

Basically, 

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<JDK_DIR>/Contents/Home/bin/jvisualvm

Upvotes: 2

Kang
Kang

Reputation: 179

VisualVM is also available as a standalone application. you can install it from https://visualvm.github.io/download.html

Upvotes: 3

Sarah
Sarah

Reputation: 7

Sometimes it is very simple... you need to install visualvm via

sudo apt-get install visualvm

For locating the files, use

dpkg -L visualvm

Upvotes: -3

trashgod
trashgod

Reputation: 205865

If you are already using NetBeans, another workaround is to use its profiler. In version 7.3:

  • Start the Java application from the command line, desktop or .

  • In NetBeans, choose Profile > Attach Profiler.

  • Select Attach to: <external Application>.

  • Specify the desired analysis options.

  • Click the Attach button.

  • Choose the target application.

Profiler dialog

Upvotes: 3

thanosa75
thanosa75

Reputation: 457

Seems like a mixup of links; the /usr/bin/jvisualvm symlink points to something that does not exist (as people pointed out above). Apparently the jvisualvm executable (stub) exists and the way to fix this for now is to execute:

cd /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Java/Support/VisualVM.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/jvisualvm .

This requires sudo privileges and creates the missing symlink, pointing to the VisualVM bundle. No idea why it happened but upgrading to latest XCode 4.5.2 did not fix this for me automatically. I am running MacOS X 10.7.5 and java 1.6.0_37

Upvotes: 32

David
David

Reputation: 11

I can only run the .app version of JVisualVM on my mountain lion MBP

open /usr/share/java/Tools/Java\ VisualVM.app

Upvotes: 1

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