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Eclipse broke on Mac OS X - need help [message #1837150]

Fri, 22 January 2021 14:07

Eclipse User

Hi,
I had Eclipse Oxygen working fine until recently on my Mac. I recently updated to Big Sur and I think that broke Eclipse.

I have JRE 8 installed and working. I get the following text when java -version is run on the machine:

java version "1.8.0_191"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_191-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.191-b12, mixed mode)

However, when I try to run Eclipse, I get a message that say:

Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine

Note that java is on the machine PATH. I get /usr/bin/java when I type "which java" on a Terminal window.

Re: Eclipse broke on Mac OS X - need help [message #1837153 is a reply to message #1837150]

Fri, 22 January 2021 15:30

Eclipse User

I was able to fix the problem by taking the following steps:

Even though 'java' was in the PATH, for some reason Eclipse was not able to find it. I modified ~/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist file and explicitly specified the path for -vm. Here is a snippet from Info.plist file that works:

<key>Eclipse</key>
<array>

<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_191.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
<string>-keyring</string>
<string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
<string>-showlocation</string>
</array>

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