How do I run Eclipse using Oracle's new 1.7 JDK for the Mac?

Question

I\'m trying to get the new 1.7 JDK working with Eclipse (this is Oracle\'s official release).

I don\'t mean just pointing Eclipse to it so you can use it in projects

Answer 1

On a Mac above does not seem to work. For me with Eclipse KEPLER it worked by adding

-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/

at the end of my eclipse.ini (without that linebreak)

This finally changed my Eclipse Installation Details > Configuration from

-vm /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework

to

-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/../jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib

This did not work with my Eclipse INDIGO installation.