I am not able to run eclipse on macOS Big Sur developers beta I am getting an error stating "Failed to create the java virtual machine". Is there any way to solve the error
The java version I am running:
I have the same issue. I solve it by opening /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist and adding:
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
inside
<key>Eclipse</key>
<array>
ADD HERE!
</array>
Of course the "/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java" value must be replaced with the actual path based on the JDK version you are using.
TL;DR
Use this to export JAVA_HOME variable:
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home
Long Version
This answer is wrt to BigSur v11.0.1 Beta. What I explored is if you have configured your .bash_profile JAVA_HOME export something like this
export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
Then it case it was trying to importing this, for some reason
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
rather than
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/**/Contents/Home
For the quick fix, I configured my JAVA_HOME like this
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_231.jdk/Contents/Home
If you are switching between multiple JVMs at once then you may find this .bashrc/.zshrc configuration handy
export JAVA_8_HOME="jdk1.8.0_231.jdk"
export JAVA_11_HOME="openjdk-11.0.2.jdk"
export JAVA_13_HOME="jdk-13.0.1.jdk"
alias java8='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_8_HOME/Contents/Home"'
alias java11='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_11_HOME/Contents/Home"'
alias java13='export JAVA_HOME="/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/$JAVA_13_HOME/Contents/Home"'
# default to Java 8
java8
Edit the Info.plist to set the -vm value.
Install the latest Eclipse version, I am using version 2020-06
Right-click on Eclipse.app
Show Package Contents
Open Info.plist with a text editor
Add -vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_191.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java under the under the key Eclipse. Note - edit the path to Java depending on what version you have. You can see the list by running /usr/libexec/java_home -V
To fix this issue I deleted the openJDK VM and reinstalled it
Delete the openJDK folder from
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
Reinstall openJDK from here
Open applications and right-click spring suite > Show Package Contents
Edit file Contents/info.plist. Add this
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-14.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
This should be inside the array tag inside eclipse key
I solved this by using Homebrew
brew cask install eclipse-java
Same thing happened to me turns out when I ran echo $JAVA_HOME the directory has been replaced,
Doing a brand new export to the java home file seemed to do the trick,
I used
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home/
Seemed to do the trick, note that your directory might be different I suggest tracing to your correct directory by using "/" then tab to trace the directories.
In my case I'm using a old version IDE and it's dead, already add the JAVA_HOME variable, ini and list of eclipse and not working, also noticed virtualbox is dead also can start any VM.
-vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_251.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
Confirmed, adding below to Infolplist worked. I have Oracle jdk 8 and updated the value below.
-vm/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_202.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
I tried all solutions posted under this question; but none of them worked for me. Finally, I installed the latest version of Eclipse 2020-09 (4.17.0) to make it work.
I upgraded to Big Sur a few days ago and also encountered this problem when I finally ran Eclipse this morning.
The latest Eclipse 2020-12 release includes its own JRE (!), thus I no longer experience "Failed to create the java virtual machine". I've left my Java versions unchanged for now as I only use Eclipse to create Tomcat webapps and do not run standalone Java.
$ /usr/libexec/java_home
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
$ /usr/libexec/java_home -V
Matching Java Virtual Machines (3):
1.8.121.13 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java" /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
1.8.0_121 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 8" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_121.jdk/Contents/Home
1.7.0_60 (x86_64) "Oracle Corporation" - "Java SE 7" /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_60.jdk/Contents/Home
/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home
In addition to all steps recommended above I had to create the following symlink:
cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_201.jdk/Contents/Home/lib
sudo ln -s ../jre/lib/server/libjvm.dylib libserver.dylib
The version of the Eclipse I use is 4.4.1. (because tested to work well with WebObjects)
I had to install the latest version of Eclipse to make it work since that uses Java 11. This happened after I updated to Big Sur.
Step 1 : Uninstall jdk 8
Step 2 : Install openjdk14 by brew
Step 3 : install eclipse 2020-12 version
I deleted all Eclipse files that were already installed and just simply reinstalled with this --cask eclipse-jee on Home brew. I hope it's helpful for whoever is struggling just like past myself.
I experienced this issue while using Eclipse Mat and JDK Mission Control
On Mac OS v11.6 (Big Sur ) ,the dependency was Java 11 . The following was added in the whatever.app/Contents/Info.plist
<key>Eclipse</key>
<array>
<string>-vm</string
<string>/Users/<yourHomeDir>/.sdkman/candidates/java/11.0.2-open/bin/java</string>
<string>-keyring</string>
<string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
</array>
If you are using eclipse 2020-06 sure you will be facing pop-up with empty grey window when debugging.
No chance to use Big Sur with eclipse 2020-06 anymore. I'm using eclipse 2021-03 IDE developer and it's working fine. But STS not support anymore you have to manual change to old JAVA 1.8 for your project.
Right click project and properties
Configure Java Build Path
Libraries Tab -> Edit -> change to Java 1.8
Order and Export Tab -> move JRE System Library on top of Project and External Dependencies.
Apart from the suggestions given, I also had to do an additional step of removing eclipse app from quarantine :
1)Open up a shell
2)Cd yourself into the eclipse directory.
3)Check the attributes of the directory Eclipse.app/ $ xattr Eclipse.app/ com.apple.quarantine
4)Remove the ‘com.apple.quarantine’ attribute. $ xattr -d com.apple.quarantine Eclipse.app/
After completing this along with steps to edit the Info.plist, I was able to open Eclipse
Setting-security&privacy->Full Disk Access, add eclipse or Spring Tool Suite app.
brew install openjdk
add to /Applications/ApacheDirectoryStudio.app/Contents/Info.plist <dict>
<array>:
<string>-vm</string>
<string>/usr/local/opt/java/libexec/openjdk.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
Related
I have formatted my Mac due to some storage issues. Before this, I used Eclipse in a proper way. Now i have installed the JDK
Then, i have installed Java
Until now everything seems to be correct but when I open the Eclipse installer...
What can I do to fix this? I need to work with this the soon as possible.
Thanks
Eclipse on macOS will not start with Java 14 installed, this is being tracked in Eclipse bug 561273.
Installing Java 8 as well does not help. You need to remove the Java 14 install. You could use the Java 13.0.2 release instead.
Eclipse have determined that the root cause of this issue is a change in Java 14 which is described in this bug report JDK-8238225. The fix for this should be in Java 14.0.1
Update: Eclipse runs fine with Oracle Java 14.0.1 so the issue has been fixed.
I also asked this question which was closed, that's why I answer what I have found out: Eclipse will not install on Mac OS Catalina 10.15.4, saying the above error message
Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine.
Deinstalling jdk and install an older one wouldn't help on its own because Eclipse is refusing to install in the first place (as mentioned above). What I have done:
i´ve installed an JDK with boost (you can try several, mine worked with Version 13)
I edited the installer:
Download the dmg file
convert the dmg-file with "hdiutil convert /dev/disk3s1 -format UDRW -o devimage"
mount the converted dmg-file with: "hdiutil attach -owners on devimage.dmg -shadow"
Edit the /Volumes/Eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist: there is a section which is commented and there you can try the jdk version. You have to give the full path to the java executable, for example:
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-13.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
Then my eclipse started from the (already) mounted Eclipse image without complaining
I had the same issue myself a while back. In your Eclipsepedia it provided an example of what the eclipse.ini file looks like when your trying to specify a JVM. So just change the eclipse.ini file and then make sure that you have all of the correct documents in that path to match the example.
I am trying to launch Eclipse Nano in Windows 7, but getting the error:
Version 1.7 of the JVM is not suitable for this product. version 1.8 greater is required for Eclipse Nano in Windows
I already have Java 8 installed on the system
Simply download 1.8 JDK from Java SE Development Kit 8 Downloads install it, then copy the jre folder & paste it in:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\EclipseNeon\"
Then rename the folder to "jre", start the eclipse again it should work.
sudo /usr/sbin/update-alternatives --config java
and select the jvm 1.8
I faced the same issue (Windows 10). You need to set the "JAVA_HOME" system environment variable to point to JDK 8 folder and edit the "Path" system environment variable to have a new path to JRE 8's bin folder, this should be at the top of the list.
I too got the same error while installing
Possible reason for the error - The eclipse version, you are installing and the Java version should be of same bit, i.e. either 32 bit or 64 bit
Solution: I have downloaded both the java for 64 bit and 32 bit and installed, now my problem is gone.
Please let me know if it works for you.
When you download the latest eclipse, and extract it, you can find the folder named eclipse-installer with eclipse-inst file inside it. Instead of double-clicking it to start installation, just navigate to the folder in terminal and run ./eclipse-inst command. It does the entire installation for you. It worked for me and hope who also got the same problem(version 1.7 of the jvm is not suitable for this product. version 1.8 greater is required) gets solved. :)
On a Windows system I had the same problem.
Although I had only Java 1.8 installed, I found that I also had a 1.7 upgrade file installed too (which didn't get uninstalled automatically when I installed 1.8).
Uninstalling this upgrade file allowed me to install Eclipse IDE.
I had the same issue and I had a different solution to this problem.
Though I set the JAVA_HOME to 1.8 (Both through CMD and environment variables), the error was persisting.
So I opened CMD prompt, typed:
java - version
to find out 1.7 was the version my system was set to. Until then I had no clue from where it was fetching this version.
And then I changed it to 1.8 using this command:
set path=C:\.....eclipse\jdk1.8.0_141-b15\bin
AND IT WORKED!
Recheck if it is set to 1.8 with the same command:
java -version
You should be good to go now!
if it's a 64-bit Eclipse. You'll need to explicitly download and install the 64-bit Java 8 or later.
download it from here
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
tips for windows users
Version 1.7 of the JVM is not suitable for this product. version 1.8
greater is required
user get above error message because they had multiple jdk version or they do not have latest version of jdk installed , even if you install latest version of jdk and you if you have not removed old version of jdk like 1.7 you will get the above error message , so better to get rid of old version of jdk and jre etc.
-> ignore this step if you have insallted latest version of jdk already
download 32 or 64 bit latest jdk from : https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk8-downloads-2133151.html
-> go to C:\Program Files\Java and look for old version of jdk , let say if you have 1.7 versions of jdk delete them so that you are left only with latest version , you can remove old versions of jre too here just by deleting.
-> next run eclipse you will not get v1.7 message
Find the JVM
If a JVM is installed in the eclipse/jre directory, Eclipse will use it; otherwise the launcher will consult the eclipse.ini file and the system path variable. Eclipse DOES NOT consult the JAVA_HOME environment variable.
To explicitly specify a JVM of your choice, you can use the -vm command line argument:
eclipse -vm c:\jre\bin\javaw.exe ''start Java by executing the specified java executable
eclipse -vm c:\jre\bin\client\jvm.dll ''start Java by loading the jvm in the eclipse process
Go to Eclipse directory, find and open eclipse.ini configuration file then modify below parameter to your desired version, it will work.
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
It worked for me
Eclipse will consider the version that is mentioned in eclipse.ini file, this error
means that your installed java version (in environment variable) and the mentioned java
version in eclipse.ini file is not matching.
You may just change the java version there (it will be in eclipse-installation-dir).
Change the property as below:-
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=
Updating below line in eclipse.ini worked for me
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8
Two things:
Check this question here as it's similar and has some good pointers Eclipse - no Java (JRE) / (JDK) ... no virtual machine
Also, get the latest JRE and JDK from Oracle vs from java.com http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html
Today I meet the same question. I download the file that named "eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz". When I open the eclipse, it shows "Version 1.7.0_121 of the JVM is not suitable for this product. Version: 1.8".Then execute
cd /usr/bin/
sudo ln -s /Your_JAVA_PATH /usr/bin/java
Then you can install eclipse.
Make sure java and eclipse versions are same(32bit or 64bit)
Try running eclipse-installer as administrator(this worked for me)
If you need to skip this step just simply change Required Version number, ex:
open with any text editor instalation path/AptanaStudio3.ini
and change
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8 to -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
This is just for skipping this step.
I had both 1.7 and 1.8 in path and 1.7 was on top and 1.8 below in Pah, so i moved 1.7 below 1.8, thats it it worked.
Go to Oracle's website and download the newest version of Java JDK. (https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html)
Install the program on your computer.
Remove all old environment variables related to Oracle and Java.
Set the environment variables related to the new installation all the way to the bin folder. (include the bin folder in the environment variables section)
I installed a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 VM, Oracle JDK 7, and downloaded the latest Eclipse. But I am getting this error when I try to start Eclipse:
Unrecognized VM option 'UseStringDeduplication'
Error: Could not create the Java Virtual Machine.
Error: A fatal exception has occurred. Program will exit.
Gtk-Message: GtkDialog mapped without a transient parent. This is discouraged.
Why am I getting this error on a fresh install? And is it a bad idea to remove that VM option?
Latest version of Eclipse (Neon) requires Java 8 runtime, and the Eclipse website obnoxiously neglects to mention it anywhere from the homepage to the download link for Eclipse, not even a version warning at runtime for Eclipse.
Same error for me in Kubuntu 14.04, eclipse Neon,
I Removed -XX:+UseStringDeduplication from .ini file, it works for me
I know, i'm little to late to the party. I got this issue lately on my Mac. I updated my eclipse (from Mars to Oxygen) all of the sudden i couldn't start my old project. First i thought, this must have something to do with the new eclipse, which wasn't all wrong. Because eclipse.ini file of Oxygen expected java-1.8.
I updated my java to latest (jdk1.8.0_152.jdk), but the problem remained, than i removed these parameters from the eclipse.ini, still was the same, i checked the "Run Configurations" and basically removed the same parameters from the arguments list. Now my projects seem to work just fine. I also needed to restore the platform, since Oxygen use e.4-platform.
Remove these parameters from eclipse.ini file
Select the project and go to "Run As"->"Run Configurations..."-> "Arguments" check the old configurations under "VM arguments" (it can be a product in case of an RCP-project)
removed the VM-option(s)(actually, they can be more) not recognized and "Apply"-> "Run".
I got the same error when I have installed Java 8 and Java 9 in my Ubuntu 16.04. My eclipse version was Neon. As https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation#Eclipse_4.6_.28Neon.29 describes to start specific eclipse ide you need relevant JDK. For neon, it was Java 8. Since I installed Java 9 using apt-get it was the default JDK. so I have to change the default JDK to Java 8.
You can check which java version used in system-wide with
java -version
`If you want to see which are the versions of JDK installed in Ubuntu then run below command in shell.
sudo update-java-alternatives --list
Then choose which version you want to set. After that run below command.
sudo update-java-alternatives --set [JDK/JRE name e.g. java-8-oracle]
Now run again Eclipse. if the version was the reason to conflict, it will run now. Referred by http://menukanows.com/how-to-set-a-default-jdk-version-in-ubuntu/
String Deduplication – A new feature in Java 8 Update 20
It means you should nt java 1.8 updated later or equal 20.
I faced the same issue on Eclipse Oxygen in Ubuntu.
Tried:
Checking java version (It was already at 1.8.0 so according to the accepted answer, it should work.)
Removing -XX:+UseStringDeduplication from .ini file
Still didn't solve the problem. Then I saw #simgineer's comment:
In my case this was for eclipse oxygen. I had an older version of java
8 installed (jdk1.8.0_05) when I upgraded to the latest (jdk1.8.0_151)
and updated my eclipse.ini to point to the latest as well (since it is
recorded in there during installation) eclipse oxygen started working.
Solution:
Updated JDK from 1.8.0 to jdk1.8.0_231 and it got resolved.
Voila! I didn't have to update anything in my eclipse.ini .
I have been using Spring STS 3.7.2 for a few months on my Mac laptop (Mac OS X Yosemite 10.10.5). But suddenly the STS IDE is not starting up. I suspect that one of the automatic OS update may have changed something, since I noticed that I don't see java any more on my path setting.
I manually added the following entries to my .bash_profile and updated using source command:
export PATH=$PATH:/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/bin
export JAVA_HOME=/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home
But STS stubbornly not working. It keeps giving me the error message in a dialog box:
A java runtime environment (JRE) or Java development kit (JDK) must
be available in order to run STS. No Java virtual machine was found
after searching ....
I am confused. I am able to invoke java from any terminal window, as well as JAVA_HOME environment variable is set.
Any ideas what may be going on?
After quite a bit of searching online, I figured out the problem, and resolved it for myself. It basically boils down to JDK upgrade to versions beyond 1.6.
The following link provided a solution:
https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/178647/jdk-platform-not-recognized-running-eclipse-or-mvn
Here are the steps:
Revert back to JDK 1.6: Download and install JDK 1.6 from this Apple site: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US
Change the PATH variable to point to the 'bin' directory of where JDK is installed. On my Mac, it was installed at: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
Go to the STS application installed directory and run the command "open -a STS.app". This will open the STS IDE successfully.
Exit STS.
Now, if you want to use Java 8, then change the PATH variable to the Java 8 directory. On my Mac, it was at: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
Launch the STS app again, and voila!, the problem solved.
I just installed Eclipse Kepler (after an issue with a faulty update in Juno) and tried to install PyDev using the Install New Software option in Eclipse. Basically just following memory/online tutorials. After installing I can't see it in my Preferences pane. Any ideas why that might be so?
Thanks.
Yes, I have Java 7 installed.
UPDATE: A lot of users have suggested numerous solutions to this problem. There may be more than one correct answer below. See what helps you...
Too much!
After wasting 4 hours trying to install PyDev 3, I moved back to 2.8.2 and used the drop in technique instead of Add new software and it now works!
Download 2.8.2 from sourceforge
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydev/files/pydev/
Uninstall PyDev.
Simply unzip the contents into the dropins folder below eclipse.
Restart eclipse.
After struggling with this problem for some days I wanted to share my solution to the problem - inspired by the above posts (kudo's to them).
My Configuration:
MacBook Air (intel) with OS X 10.9
Eclipse: Kepler SR1 installed (zip file extracted in the Applications folder)
My situation:
Tried to install PyDev via Eclipse Help --> Install new software...
Installation was succesfull, but PyDev didn't show up anywhere in Eclipse.
My solution:
In Eclipse go to Help --> Install new software...
Uncheck "Show only the latest versions of available software"
Select PyDev the usual way, but install the latest 2.x version instead of the 3.x version
Apparently PyDev 3.0 does not work with the default OS X configuration of Eclipse, Java and Python (don't exactly know why, though...)
I just figured it out.
You will need JDK rather than a JRE.
Download it here first:JDK Download
Install it.
Explore /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS (where you put your Eclipse)
Open eclipse.ini
add
-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_45.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
You will change the version according to your situation.
Enjoy!
It happened to me too, but using Debian stable (wheezy, in my case).
I solved installing doing:
# apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
After this, I checked that I had two alternatives of Java JDK:
# update-java-alternatives -l
And the output was:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64 1061 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.6.0-openjdk-amd64
java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64 1051 /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64
Finally, I did:
# update-java-alternatives -s java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64
After that, I removed pydev plugin from Eclipse, reboot Eclipse, install pydev (using Marketplace), reboot Eclipse, and now it works.
Credits:
http://vas.davimas.name/2013/07/switching-between-openjdk-v6-and-v7-in.html and Richard's answer, above
Most likely you do not have java 7 or > eclipse 3.7 installed on your machine it is a requirement of pyDev 3 see here http://pydev.blogspot.co.uk/2013/11/pydev-30.html
The PyDev.org website states (http://pydev.org/manual_101_install.html) --
"""
Important requisite
PyDev now requires java 7 in order to run. If you don't have java 7, the update
process may appear to succeed, but PyDev will simply not show in the target
installation. Please double-check if you're using a java 7 vm in
about > installation details > configuration
before trying to install PyDev.
"""
This problem started to appear in my Eclipse after I removed the Java 7 runtime from my system (because the Java code I am building needs to run on an older version of Java, but that's unrelated). After I realized that I had lost PyDev, I reinstalled Java 7 and PyDev is working fine now.
Another option would be to rollback to the previous version of PyDev that does not require Java 7, but it would require a manual installation of PyDev and I would lose the convenience of automated updates. The best way forward, it seems, to run run Eclipse on Java 7 and switch those Java projects that need to depend explicitly on Java 6 to that JDK/JRE.
How I was able to get pydev to work in mac/eclipse is download the latest JDK as mention 100 times above install it and then do the following.
open eclipse choose preferences > java > installed JREs
click on "Search..." button it will auto populate the JDK 1.7 you just installed
Click ok
have a beer!
-Cheers!
Solved.
OSX Mavericks 10.9, Eclipse Keplar 4.3.2, PyDev 3.4
Problem: PyDev not showing up under Ecplise > preferences
Solution: Download, install and point Ecplise to JDK 1.7
Unistall PyDev
Under Eclipse > preferences > Installed JREs you probably only see Java SE 6
Download and install JDK 1.7 from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html
open terminal and run "/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7"
this will return the directory in which JDK 1.7 reside, something like /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_55.jdk/Contents/Home
Under Eclipse > preferences > Installed JREs click "add", select "MacOS X VM", click "next"
in JRE Home paste your version of /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_55.jdk/Contents/Home, give it a name and click "Finish"
Restart Eclipse and re-install PyDev.
Voila!
I had the same issue on Luna and found my mistake.
After checking the author in "Do you trust these certificates?" page, and I was able to successfully install pydev.
The page lets you proceed without checking it, and no error occurs and it was where I totally missed. Maybe it is useful for someone.
You can move back to 2.x.x:
Eclipse -> About Eclipse then click "Installation Details" button.
From "Installation History" tab choose last installation.
Click Revert button.
You will go back to chosen installation.
I managed to get the following to work with Eclipse IDE for Java Developers 4.4.1 Luna on OS X 10.9.5 Mavericks:
Download and install the latest version of the JDK (currently Java SE 8u25) from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. (Not the JRE!)
Navigate to /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS (or wherever you have Eclipse installed) and open eclipse.ini.
Append the following to the bottom of the file (be sure to replace the version number with yours):
-vm
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_25.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
Download the latest version of PyDev (currently 3.8.0) from SourceForge at http://sourceforge.net/projects/pydev/files/pydev/.
Unzip its contents to /Applications/eclipse/dropins (or wherever you have Eclipse installed) and restart Eclipse.
Hope this helps anyone who's still having the issue. Special thanks to Mohammed Lokhandwala and braineo.
Aha , It is solved just now.I show it in the following.
First , I use MyEclipse with jdk1.8,maybe some people dont know that Eclipse (or MyEclipse) has its own jvm , what is not "jdk" you downloaded and installed and the "built-in jvm" is default. You can check this out by clicking like this " Windows-->preferences-->Java-->Installed JREs" And I found my MyEclipse used the default jdk1.6 .Then I click "add" to build path of my installed jdk1.8 .
Second , I opened the configuration file named "myeclipse.ini" and check this in the following.
binary/com.sun.java.jdk.win32.x86_64_1.6.0.u43/bin/javaw.exe
Third , I replaced it with new path . Check the following out. It is new path.
D:/jdk/java/jdk1.8/bin/javaw.exe
Last , restart it .And you can find "PyDev" in "Preference".
Happy Coding with Python!
PS：Pycharm is good,and you can get it for free if you are a student or a teacher. click here
I was experiencing the same problem using java 1.7.0_101.
Updated to 1.8.0_91 and "voilá"! PyDev finally appeared.
After trying all of the listed ways to work with 1.7 I was still seeing error message when Eclipse tried to open the editors and navigators on startup. But when I created a new project it worked. Then I tried just closing all editors and reopening them and they too work. The navigator had also set itself to working set and showed nothing. When I switched that to projects it also started working.
The same thing happened to me. This is how i fixed it.
Click on "install new software" - it's under help.
Click on " what is already installed"
Uninstall PyDev
Reinstall PyDev BUT instead of the 3.3XX version, install the latest 2.XX version (i.e click on the drop down menu and select the latest 2.XX version)
It worked for me!
So I tired many of the suggestion above, and I think what finally got it to work is instal the JDK from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html. You might also need to uninstall the pydev plugin and reinstall it again. But after install the JDK 8, I got the Pydev to show up under preference.
menu Help > Install New Software...
don't fill "works with" but click on Add...
In the next screen, add the update site of PyDev and PyDev Extensions:
Name : PyDev and PyDev Extensions
Location: http://pydev.org/updates
and go on...
pydev 3 is buggy! Use 2.8 and you should be fine.
I also had this problem, wanted to use python3.4 as interpreter and it wasn't compatible with pydev 2.8 so after a few trials I found out that if you install pydev 2.5 everything works fine !! (At least on Eclipse Kepler).
I know this thread is old but I thought I might contribute my solution because none of the suggestions above worked for my Mac running Yosemite [10.10.2]. I hope this will be helpful to someone else. Despite updating to the latest JDK my mac kept reporting a wrong version. It turns out the symlink was point to the old version and fixing that issue got my pydev/eclipse working.
Find out the current default Java version
Java -version
Get installed versions
/usr/libexec/java_home -V
Navigate to the following folder and delete the current symlink
cd /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/
rm CurrentJDK
Create a new symlink pointing it to the newer installation substituting 'new-version' with appropriate version from 2 above. i.e jdk1.8.0_40.jdk
ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/<new-version>/Contents/ CurrentJDK
Confirm your default version
Java -version
Restart.
Happy coding.. :)
I had to uninstall pyDev 3 and install 2.8 to get this working with Eclipse (V 4.4) and Yosemite (V 10.10)
The easiest way is just getting http://www.liclipse.com/ which has everything setup from the start... if you don't want to go that route (as LiClipse is commercial) you may want to try to specify the java 7 install manually:
Grabbed from http://pydev.org/download.html:
Well, the main issue at this time is that PyDev requires Java 7 in order to run. So, if you don't want to support PyDev by going the LiClipse route (which is mostly a PyDev standalone plus some goodies), you may have to go through some loops to make sure that you're actually using Java 7 to run Eclipse/PyDev (as explained below).
All OSes
Make sure you download/install the latest Java 7 JRE or JDK, try restarting to see if it got it automatically.
I.e.: in help > about > installation details > configuration check if it's actually using the java 7 version you pointed at.
If it didn't get it automatically, follow the instructions from:
http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini to add the -vm argument to eclipse.ini on "Specifying the JVM" to specify the java 7 vm.
Note on Mac OS: You can use the command "/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.7" to get the base path for the JVM (though you also need to append "/bin/java" to the output of said command to the -vm arg in eclipse.ini).
Solution
Using standard Eclipse installation method:
In Install New Software, Add a new site to Work With. I called my entry PyDev Old and entered the Location:
https://dl.bintray.com/fabioz/pydev/old/site.xml
That has PyDev for Eclipse versions 2.8.2 to 4.5.3
Details
I am working with Indigo (3.7) and so need a version of PyDev that is older than 3.0.0. My JDK is 7 as noted elsewhere in this question. The option for Show only the latest versions of available software is turned off.
The standard advice for getting PyDev is to use http://pydev.org/updates and turn off the only latest option. That now only lists PyDev 5.
I had the same issue!
Just update all three SWs to the latest version and it will solve the problem.
Do like this:
update Eclipse to Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2) 64-bit, then
PyDev - Python IDE for Eclipse 5.1.2 from Eclipse Marketplace and then
download and update the Java SE Development Kit 8u92 64-bit
It should work well now!
I had the same issue in Eclipse 4.4. Had to use a previous version of PyDev. It simply seems to be a matter of using the correct Java JRE/JDK and PyDev for the version of Eclipse you're running.
From http://www.pydev.org/
Release 5.2.0
Important PyDev now requires Java 8 and Eclipse 4.5 onwards.
PyDev 4.5.5 is the last release supporting Java 7 and Eclipse 3.8.
See: update sites page (http://www.pydev.org/update_sites/index.html) for the update site of older versions of PyDev.
Oct 2016:
Installed fresh new copy of Java JDK 1.8.0_102 took care of the incompatible OSX JRE 1.6
Installed fresh copy of Eclipse Neon 4.6.1
Followed pydev manual: http://www.pydev.org/manual_101_install.html
all working fine now...
First install and setup following applications as these are mentioned in above answers:
Jave (version 8 or greater)
Eclipse(version Neon/Oxygen or greater)
PyDev in Eclipse
Now go through following steps:
Eclipse -> Window -> Perspective -> Open Perspective -> Other..
Select PyDev in the list.
Click Open.
Now you are all set.
Cheers!!!
Make sure you install the 64-bit version of Eclipse if you can. If so you should be able to use the latest version of Pydev without any problem.