How to install JRE 1.7 on Mac OS X and use it with Eclipse? [closed]

Question

I want to use the JRE 1.7 that I downloaded from Oracle website.

So I correctly install the .pkg file, and when I try /Library/Internet\ Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home/bin/java -version in the terminal I get this :

java version "1.7.0_11" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_11-b21) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.6-b04, mixed mode)

But in Eclipse I can't use anything else than JRE 1.6. When I go in Properties > Java Build Path > Add Library > JRE System Library, I can't find the 1.7 (there is only option for it : JavaSE-1.7 (unbound) with this issue :

No JREs in workspace compatible with specified execution environment: JavaSE-1.7

What should I do ? Thanks

Answer 1

The download from java.com which installs in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins is only the JRE, for development you probably want to download the JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html and install that instead. This will install the JDK at /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_<something>.jdk/Contents/Home which you can then add to Eclipse via Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs.