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OS X Mavericks Eclipse Java Issue – To open “Eclipse.app,” you need Java SE 6 runtime

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OS X Mavericks installation on my Macbook Pro Ratina went smooth. So far I loved using it. But recently noticed some issue with Java and Eclipse.

When I clicked on Eclipse Shortcut, it shows message: No Java runtime present, requesting install.

OS X Mavericks Eclipse Java Issue

Another must read: Where is Java installed on my Mac OS/X system?

Then I manually installed the jdk (1.7.45) on my mac, it seems that the installation works fine. When the installation done, I open the terminal and type “java -version” as well, it also shows the same error: No Java runtime present, requesting install.

This is in part due to Oracle’s missing definitions of the JRE7 VM capabilities. In case you don’t want to install JRE6 at all and simply use JRE7 without symlinking it to the JRE6 either you can do the following:

Step-1

Go to below location

bash-3.2$ pwd
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents

Step-2

Open Info.plist and Search for below lines

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

Step-3

Replace those with below lines

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

Hope it helps. There is one related Eclipse bug which I found.

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  1. Hocine Bekkouche says

    an other solution Go to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/ copy the jre folder and past it to /Applications/Vega.app/Contents/MacOS

    Reply

    • App Shah says

      Thanks for additional tip Hocine but I believe, it wont work for users if they don’t have Vega App 🙂

      Reply

  2. Elizabeth says

    App Shah: Thank you very much!! Your solution worked for me! For those of you who runs into the problem, you need to change your jdk’s Info.plist, and then create the symbolic link as what App Shah said.

    Reply

  3. DifferentAnonymous says

    Hi! I did this exactly like you said to, but I got this error:

    JavaVM: Failed to load JVM: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries/libserver.dylib

    JavaVM: Failed to load JVM: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_40.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries/libserver.dylib

    JavaVM FATAL: Failed to load the jvm library.

    [JavaAppLauncher Error] JNI_CreateJavaVM() failed, error: -1

    I’m running Java 1.8.0_40-ea

    Reply

    • App Shah says

      This seems like an issue with jdk1.8 library. The file libserver.dylib may not exist for you. Try creating the directories and a link to libjvm.dylib.
      1
      2
      3$ sudo mkdir -p /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries
      Password:
      $ sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_31.jdk/Contents/Home/bundle/Libraries/libserver.dylib

      Reply

  4. Eric Knibbe says

    I had a similar problem that was solvable by editing Info.plist, but I also found that adding empty folders at “/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk” and “/System/Library/Java/Support/Deploy.bundle” caused OS X to use the Oracle JDK without modification.

    Reply

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