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eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719172]

Tue, 05 January 2016 19:33

keni lu

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Registered: January 2016

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Trying to install Eclipse 4.4 under Mac OS 10.6, using the installer app, I get the error message that JVM 1.7 or later is required. So:

- What's the most recent version of Eclipse that I could run, under Mac OS 10.6 and the 1.6.65 JRE?

- Or, maybe the installer needs a recent JRE but Eclipse doesn't? Could I install 4.4 from the command line?

- Or, could I install a current JDK (and JRE), and then use that JRE to run the installer and Eclipse?

I'm not a developer -- I just want Eclipse to write Python to do statistics -- so the less messing around I do from the command line, the more stable my machine will be.

Thanks for any help!

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719174 is a reply to message #1719172]

Tue, 05 January 2016 19:50

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

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http://download.eclipse.org recommends Java SE 7 or greater for the current version, Mars.1 (which includes Eclipse 4.5.1). Go ahead and install the latest you can get.

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Nitin Dahyabhai
Eclipse Web Tools Platform

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719176 is a reply to message #1719172]

Tue, 05 January 2016 20:38

Tauno Voipio

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Registered: August 2014

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If possible, you should upgrade your OS X to version 10.7.3 or newer. Oracle Java does not support older versions of the operating system, neither does a new enough Apple Java exist.

After upgrading, get the newest Oracle Java from the Oracle download page, and use the installer with it.

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Tauno Voipio

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719178 is a reply to message #1719176]

Tue, 05 January 2016 21:06

keni lu

Messages: 3
Registered: January 2016

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Updating the system isn't a great choice right now -- everything works, the change post- OS 10.6 is substantial, and the machine isn't very fast anyway.

So -- if I *don't* have Java 7, does someone know what the newest version of Eclipse is that I can run?

(And, yes, the problem is that Apple doesn't provide a newer Java for this old OS, and neither does Oracle provide an installer. I think there are workarounds to get a newer JDK on my machine, but that's definitely not my first choice.)

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719180 is a reply to message #1719178]

Tue, 05 January 2016 22:14

Russell Bateman

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Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

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On 01/05/2016 02:06 PM, keni lu wrote:
> Updating the system isn't a great choice right now -- everything works,
> the change post- OS 10.6 is substantial, and the machine isn't very fast
> anyway.
>
> So -- if I *don't* have Java 7, does someone know what the newest
> version of Eclipse is that I can run?
>
> (And, yes, the problem is that Apple doesn't provide a newer Java for
> this old OS, and neither does Oracle provide an installer. I think there
> are workarounds to get a newer JDK on my machine, but that's definitely
> not my first choice.)

There's an option to back up to an Eclipse version that will work on
Java 6. I think the latest one would have been Indigo (or maybe Juno
too, but I don't think so). Indigo was a great release. Depending on
what you plan to do, you may be quite satisfied with it.

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719280 is a reply to message #1719180]

Wed, 06 January 2016 18:42

Eric Rizzo

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Registered: July 2009

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The Eclipse installer requires at least Java 1.7, there are no older versions of it that will work with 1.6. But I think Mars was the first release that had a hard requirement for 1.7+, so you should be able to download a Luna package and use that (Eclipse package releases are in alphabetical order by year, eg Indigo=2011, Juno=2012, Kepler=2013, Luna=2014, Mars=2015, Neon=2016...)
https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/luna/sr2

Just extract the archive of one of those downloads into a local user directory and run the eclipse executable. If that doesn't work, follow the instructions to point eclipse.ini to your installation of JDK.

[Updated on: Wed, 06 January 2016 18:45]

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1719434 is a reply to message #1719280]

Thu, 07 January 2016 20:54

keni lu

Messages: 3
Registered: January 2016

Junior Member

Russell Bateman, Eric Rizzo, thanks! Those older versions work.

In case anyone ends up here searching for this answer, I'll say that both Eclipse Indigo SDK Version: 3.7 Build id: M20120208-0800, and Eclipse version Luna, Service Release 2 (4.4.2), Build id: 20150219-0600, run under Mac OS 10.6.8 and Java 1.6.0_65. Or at least run well enough to compile and run "Hello world" in Java.

PyDev doesn't so my personal quest continues, but thank you all!

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1810739 is a reply to message #1719434]

Sun, 18 August 2019 19:56

Cinthya Viridiana Silva Gonzalez

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Registered: August 2019

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Hi! I'm trying to install both Eclipse Indigo SDK Version: 3.7 Build id: M20120208-0800, or Eclipse version Luna, Service Release 2 (4.4.2), Build id: 20150219-0600 and I can't get the .dmg or .tgz from the eclipse page, it says ERR_SSL_VERSION_OR_CIPHER_MISMATCH, does anyone know where can i download it?

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Re: eclipse version for mac os 10.6? [message #1810743 is a reply to message #1810739]

Mon, 19 August 2019 04:02

Ed Merks

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Registered: July 2009

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Yes, there seems to me some confusing problem between what is actually on download.eclipse.org and what is actually in archive.eclipse.org with various redirections between the two:

https://archive.eclipse.org/technology/epp/downloads/release/indigo/

But these very very old (why would you need such an ancient version), are definitely not directly on the download.eclipse.org server anymore.

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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