Where did jvisualvm go?

Question

I am running Mac OSX Snow Leopard.

I\'ve always updated Java using the regular Software Update features of Mac OSX.

I\'ve used the Java jvisualvm

Answer 1

Sometimes it is very simple... you need to install visualvm via

sudo apt-get install visualvm

For locating the files, use

dpkg -L visualvm

Answer 2

Seems like a mixup of links; the /usr/bin/jvisualvm symlink points to something that does not exist (as people pointed out above). Apparently the jvisualvm executable (stub) exists and the way to fix this for now is to execute:

cd /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin

sudo ln -s /System/Library/Java/Support/VisualVM.bundle/Contents/Home/bin/jvisualvm .

This requires sudo privileges and creates the missing symlink, pointing to the VisualVM bundle. No idea why it happened but upgrading to latest XCode 4.5.2 did not fix this for me automatically. I am running MacOS X 10.7.5 and java 1.6.0_37

Answer 3

VisualVM is also available as a standalone application. you can install it from https://visualvm.github.io/download.html