eclipse.ini file not present on Mac

Question

I am trying to alter my eclipse configuration, but the eclipse.ini file is not present in my eclipse installation directory.

I am on Mac os x with eclipse 4.2.1 Juno.

Did the eclipse.ini file get replaced with the config.ini in eclipse/configuration?

Answer 1

On Mac Catalina

move mat.app into mac ~/Application, then use it directly

Answer 2

On Mac High Sierra

Go to : Applications > Eclipse (Right-click on the icon and select "Show Package Contents") > Contents > Eclipse

Answer 3

The file should be found at Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini

For example: /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS

Alternatively it might be found instead at Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini (Both possibilities are noted in different parts of the wiki documentation, and it may be that /Eclipse/ is used for newer versions.)

Answer 4

I was using STS and the file was named differently. It was located at /Applications/STS.app/Contents/Eclipse/STS.ini.

Answer 5

Yes For Eclipse NEON it should be

/Users/username/eclipse/jee-neon/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclips‌​e/eclipse.ini

Answer 6

For Eclipse Mars the location moved on Macs to the Eclipse folder.

myComputerName:Eclipse myDriveName$ pwd
/Users/myUser/eclipse/jee-mars2/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse
BYOD-1170:Eclipse ijet-sd$ ll
total 16
drwxr-xr-x   7 ijet-sd  staff   238 Mar 24 13:54 .
drwxr-xr-x   6 ijet-sd  staff   204 Jan 19  2016 ..
-rw-r--r--   1 ijet-sd  staff    60 Sep  2  2015 .eclipseproduct
drwxr-xr-x  12 ijet-sd  staff   408 Mar 24 13:54 configuration
drwxr-xr-x   2 ijet-sd  staff    68 Jan 19  2016 dropins
-rw-r--r--   1 ijet-sd  staff  1113 Mar  1 12:23 eclipse.ini
drwxr-xr-x   3 ijet-sd  staff   102 Jan 19  2016 readme

Answer 7

As of Neon the default install location is not /Applications but /Users/username/eclipse.

My installation was at:

/Users/username/eclipse

The 'app' was at:

/Users/username/eclipse/jee-neon/Eclipse.app

And the 'eclipse.ini' file was at:

/Users/username/eclipse/jee-neon/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini

Answer 8

On mac machine do the following to see eclipse.ini file

1. Right click on eclipse icon as in image.(Note: From which ever folder it was installed)
2. Select Show Package Contents second option from list.
3. Select Contents-->MacOS-->eclipse.ini file

Answer 9

Alternatively, in eclipse installation folder, Right click on 'eclipse' (alias or a symbolic link) -> Show Original -> eclipse.ini

Answer 10

Here is how you reach that file.

1. If your eclipse link is in dock. go to the link press the control key and left click and go to option and select show in finder.

2. Once you see the link in finder. go to the link and press the control key and left click and select Show package Content.

3. go to Contents -> MacOS -> eclipse.ini and open in your favorite text editor.