I updated java and eclipse does not work

Question

I updated my JRE today 23.06.2012, and after that eclipse will no longer start. When I double click to start up eclipse the splash screen appears like a camera flash and th

Answer 1

Once Java updates are installed on your machine edit the eclipse.ini file to update the latest jdk location.

In MacOS,

1. Right click on Eclipse App icon.
2. Click Show Package Contents.
3. Go to Contents/Eclipse.
4. Open eclipse.ini file.
5. Edit the -vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_251.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin to point to the latest.
6. Save and close eclipse.ini.

Now start Eclipse application and the error got fixed.