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Getting Java 8 support in Eclipse Luna [message #1242162]

Sat, 08 February 2014 23:41

Eclipse User

Hello

Has anyone got Eclipse Luna (M5) Java 8 support to successfully work?

There seem to be two pages which describe how to get it to work:
https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT_Core/Java8
and
https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_(BETA)

None of them mention Luna but refer to Kepler, so i might be going wrong straight away with that! Anyhow, I have installed the java 8 support packages from the dist.springsource.com .../e43 repository (there's no 4.4 ref!), and I have a jdk8 installed (which i named as per the first page). But i do not see a compliance level 1.8 in my eclipse. Attempts to set it to 1.8 manually in my project override - org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs seem to be ignored.

Can anyone help?
thanks!

Re: Getting Java 8 support in Eclipse Luna [message #1242889 is a reply to message #1242162]

Mon, 10 February 2014 03:08

Eclipse User

Luna m5 works like a charme for me! I simply used the springsource
update site and installed all available feature patches.

Tom

On 10.02.14 01:15, Steven Parry wrote:
> Hello
>
> Has anyone got Eclipse Luna (M5) Java 8 support to successfully work?
>
> There seem to be two pages which describe how to get it to work:
> https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT_Core/Java8
> and
> https://wiki.eclipse.org/JDT/Eclipse_Java_8_Support_(BETA)
>
> None of them mention Luna but refer to Kepler, so i might be going wrong
> straight away with that! Anyhow, I have installed the java 8 support
> packages from the dist.springsource.com .../e43 repository (there's no
> 4.4 ref!), and I have a jdk8 installed (which i named as per the first
> page). But i do not see a compliance level 1.8 in my eclipse. Attempts
> to set it to 1.8 manually in my project override -
> org.eclipse.jdt.core.prefs seem to be ignored.
>
> Can anyone help?
> thanks!
>
>

Re: Getting Java 8 support in Eclipse Luna [message #1243018 is a reply to message #1242889]

Mon, 10 February 2014 06:52

Eclipse User

Thanks for the response. I tried 4.3 too so I know it isn't that.

Did you have to do anything special? Eg jre naming?

One thing I noticed - there are three packages for the java 8 support. Only two install for me - the jdt patch and the RCP support. The other one - plugin dev env patch does not install with 'not applicable to the current configuration'

Thanks
Steve

Re: Getting Java 8 support in Eclipse Luna [message #1257412 is a reply to message #1243018]

Wed, 26 February 2014 06:47

Eclipse User

Please discontinue the usage of the Spring Source Site and use the following site for update:

Official Update Site http://build.eclipse.org/eclipse/builds/4P/siteDir/updates/4.3-P-builds

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