Reputation: 335
I have java JDK installed sucessfully in my mac os 10.9 ..
$ java -version
java version "1.8.0_20"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_20-b26)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.20-b23, mixed mode)
But when i try to run eclipse it asks me to jave SE 6 Runtime again !!!
Upvotes: 1
Views: 3969
Reputation: 671
It looks like eclipse is unable to locate the installed java. You can tell eclipse to point to this version of java by modifying eclipse.ini file
In eclipse.ini file, we need to add -vm option to point to the java8 location: See: http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#-vm_value:_Mac_OS_X_Example
Upvotes: 1