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BollMose
BollMose

Reputation: 3498

mac os x mavericks eclipse start and tip a directory not a file

I update mac to mavericks and found eclipse(adt bundle) can't start directly, and I check in terminal,found eclipse is a directory:

adt-bundle/eclipse/Eclipse.app/

and I can start in terminal:

adt-bundle/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse

why?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 793

Answers (2)

Alexey
Alexey

Reputation: 1

It seems you should set the execute permission for the app. Execute this command in terminal:

chmod +x /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse

Then you can run the app as usually, clicking on Eclipse.app.

Upvotes: 0

Robin Green
Robin Green

Reputation: 33083

This has nothing to do with Mavericks specifically; all OS X applications are supposed to be packaged like this, with the .app actually being a directory. If you look at any other standard OS X application you will find it is also a directory (although Finder hides this fact from you).

The reason Eclipse did not start directly must be some other reason.

Upvotes: 2

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