Howto start eclipse in JDK?

Question

I just installed a Maven plug-in into eclipse the first time. Now there is a message on eclipse startup, that i should start eclipse in JDK not jre to make Maven components run fine. There is a -vm argument which I used in the eclipse.ini:

-vm C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\

But the message is still there after restart.

I've tried the:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\bin

and also the:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\bin\java.exe

But nothing changed.

How do I start eclipse in JDK?

Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

If you're using Windows, right click on your eclipse shortcut and select Properties, in the Shortcut tab you can change what's in the Target: box to specify the jdk. I use

"C:\Program Files\eclipse-jee-galileo-sr1 (3.5.1)\eclipse.exe" -vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_16\bin\javaw.exe" -vmargs -Xmx1024m -XX:PermSize=256M -XX:MaxPermSize=512M -XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC -XX:+CMSIncrementalMode

For some reason I couldn't get it to use the jdk when I tried editing the eclipse.ini file.

Answer 2

You can specify which JVM to launch Eclipse under in your eclipse.ini file. There are detailed instructions for different operating systems on the Eclipse wiki.