How to downgrade Java from 9 to 8 on a MACOS. Eclipse is not running with Java 9

Question

How to downgrade Java from 9 to 8 on a macOS Sierra 10.12.6(16G29) . I tried removing the Java plugin and installed Java 8, however the Java and javac version shows 9 in ter

Answer 1

The simplest solution might be to install Java 8 in parallel to Java 9 (if not still still existant) and specify the JVM to be used explicitly in eclipse.ini. You can find a description of this setting including a description how to find eclipse.ini on a Mac at Eclipsepedia