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Eclipse with Java 7 on Mac OS X Mavericks (2014-03-28)

I updated OS X Mountain Lion to OS X Mavericks. Eclipse Kepler 4.3 did not start.

A dialog appeared.

To Open "java," you need a Java SE 6 runtime. Would you like to install one now?

My machine had Java 7 runtime.

I edited the file.

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.<version>.jdk/Contents/Info.plist

I edited the JVMCapabilities element.

Before:

<key>JVMCapabilities</key>
<array>
  <string>CommandLine</string>
</array>

After:

<key>JVMCapabilities</key>
<array>
  <string>JNI</string>
  <string>BundledApp</string>
  <string>WebStart</string>
  <string>Applets</string>
  <string>CommandLine</string>
</array>

I restarted OS X Mavericks. I could start Eclipse Kepler with Java 7 runtime :-)

• Bug 411361 – [Mac] Kepler doesn't launch without JRE 6, even if JDK 7 is installed

Posted by NI-Lab. (@nilab)