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Albin Suresh
Albin Suresh

Reputation: 129

Incompatible JVM error message with 64 bit Eclipse on MacBook Pro

I keep getting the following message when I try to open Eclipse Juno on my Macbook Pro:

Incompatible JVM Version 1.6.0_65 of the JVM is not suitable for this product. Version: 1.7 or greater is required.

Every answer to this question suggests to download and install a 64-bit version of Eclipse. But I already have the 64 bit version and so that's not the solution I'm expecting. This is the name of the file that I downloaded from eclipse site:

eclipse-standard-luna-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz

You can see that it is the 64 bit version only. Correct me if I'm wrong.

java -version command returns this:

java version "1.6.0_65"

javac -version command returns this:

javac 1.6.0_65

But the Java control panel shows the following message:

Your system has the recommended version of Java.
Java 7 Update 67

So I have both version 6 and 7 on my machine. How do I force eclipse to use that version 7?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 5204

Answers (2)

Anas Imran Tasadduq
Anas Imran Tasadduq

Reputation: 594

The most probable problem is the version of your eclipse. If you install the 32-bit version, that should work. Java Runtime is 32-bit, so 64-bit eclipse doesn't work with it!

Upvotes: 0

Bagira
Bagira

Reputation: 2243

Make sure you set Java 7 in path and since you have both Java 6 & 7 installed, in order to avoid conflict, set it first thing in the Path variable before everything else.

Something like:

PATH=Path_to_java_7;everything else here

Upvotes: 1

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