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

By default, your MacOSX comes with JRE 1.6.0 which is not suitable for Eclipse. To resolve issue you also need to install JDK 7 which already includes JRE 1.7.0.

Here is link that you can download.

Just select MacOS X version under Java SE Development Kit 7u79 and install it.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html

After installation this package, Eclipse will start without any more modification.