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Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852750] Thu, 02 June 2022 14:28 Go to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Hello,

I'm working on a certain project in Eclipse Kepler 4.3 that requires to be launched in Java 8. I tried downloading Java 8 feature patch, but the link to the patch (http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.3-P-builds/) doesn't work. Can someone please fix the link or send me a new link to the feature patch? Thanks.
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852756 is a reply to message #1852750] Fri, 03 June 2022 00:46 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
Hi,
As the Java 8 to Java 18 feature are already integrated to Eclipse IDE versions the feature patches are not available any more.
Try using a newer Eclipse IDE.
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852758 is a reply to message #1852756] Fri, 03 June 2022 03:09 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
But I'm already using the newest version of Eclipse available.
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852763 is a reply to message #1852758] Fri, 03 June 2022 04:24 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
No, here are all the releases and you can see that Kepler is really, really old.

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852785 is a reply to message #1852763] Fri, 03 June 2022 10:16 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
That means the version I'm using is probably not Kepler. Sorry for confusion. I don't know how is the version I'm using called, the icon on the desktops says "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers - 2022-03. I downloaded it a few days ago as the newest version available on Eclipse website. Nevertheless, it doesn't solve my main problem. When I try to launch the program I'm working on (a Minecraft modd, to be precise), it crashes. According to someone on Minecraft forum, who saw my post I posted there (along with the stacktrace of the error), it is because the mods for the particular version of Minecraft I'm creating the mod for require to be launched in Java 8. Which the Eclipse version I'm using is apparently not capable of doing (or at least I don't know how to do it). Any suggestions what to do? Thanks.

(Sorry for possibly bad English, it is not my native language)
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852786 is a reply to message #1852785] Fri, 03 June 2022 11:06 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Eclipse UserFriend
The latest version of Eclipse can launch Java 8 applications. If you want to use Java 8 you need to use Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs > Add... and tell it where your JDK or JRE 8 is located. Then you can use it when you launch an application.
Re: Eclipse Kepler support for Java 8 [message #1852791 is a reply to message #1852786] Fri, 03 June 2022 14:06 Go to previous message
Eclipse UserFriend
It worked! THAN YOU SO MUCH FOR HELP!
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