IntelliJ 12 on OSX 10.8.2 Mt Lion with Java 7

Question

Problem: running IntelliJ 12 on OSX 10.8.2 with Java 7.

I have a fresh OSX 10.8.2 Mt Lion install, and I've installed the official Oracle Java 7 (no Java 6 present).

I've installed the latest version (12.0.1) of IntelliJ IDEA, and edited /Applications/IntelliJ IDEA 12 CE.app/Contents/Info.plist to have JVMVersion like so:

JVMVersion
1.7*

When I try to start up IDEA (or when I run ./Applications/IntelliJ\ IDEA\ 12\ CE.app/Contents/MacOS/idea) I get "No Java runtime present, requesting install." and a popup window saying "To open “IntelliJ IDEA,” you need a Java SE 6 runtime. Would you like to install one now?". I chose "Not Now".

I do have Java 7, but it seems that for some reason IDEA can't see it.

>java -version
java version "1.7.0_12-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_12-ea-b07)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.0-b28, mixed mode)

My .profile file has

export JAVA_HOME=$(/usr/libexec/java_home)
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH

Some terminal output:

>echo $JAVA_HOME
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_12.jdk/Contents/Home

>echo $PATH
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_12.jdk/Contents/Home/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/MacGPG2/bin

In my System Preferences > Java, there is a single entry; Java 7 (1.7.0_12-ea).

So, what little silly thing am I missing? :)

Answer 1

AFAIK it not yet possible to run idea on jdk 7. See this discussion where the reason is also explained.