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Just paste the complete path into Eclipse, for example /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_22-b04-307.jdk/Contents/Home. Note that you will likely need to paste the path into Eclipse because the Java file browser wouldn’t navigate into the. This is the path you would point Eclipse to when adding a JDK. The typical folder structure you see on Windows is located in the Contents/Home folder inside of the. jdk “file” is just a directory and you can navigate to it and through it in the shell without issue. If you right-click in Finder and select “Show Package Contents”, you can get at the guts of the installation in Finder. Java installations on OS X are packaged in what appears as a file ending with. You will want to use this JDK in Eclipse or associate its src.jar with the JARs in the bundled JDK if they are the same version and you don’t want to use the self-installed JDK for some reason.

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This JDK will install in /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines instead of /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines.

Got to to create your account and then go back to to download a JDK for your version of OS X. This may not be immediately obvious as most pages only mention the paid options.

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You can register for free as a “Registered Apple Developer”. Since the bundled JVM isn’t the blessing it initially appears to be, I ended up downloading the JDK again from Apple at. The system JDK does not come with src.jar, nor should you probably go mucking around in there customizing the endorsed directory or other common developer tweaks. I’m lucky and only need Java 1.6 right now so I haven’t had to deal with the concurrent Java versions problems that don’t seem to be going away any time soon however, there is no free lunch in software development. The version you get depends on the version of OS X you have installed. Java Development Tools Installing the JDK I hope this article saves you some time on your journey from Windows to OS X as your Java development platform. I don’t hate Windows, but the amount of superfluous corporate bloat on the Windows machine made the simple act of rebooting into a 5 minute ordeal, not to mention the mess that 20 Subversion based source code checkouts caused when compounded with the virus scanner and the backup software.īeing an open source developer and loving anything free, as in beer and speech, this article will focus on free applications even if there is a more capable commercial solution available. Overall, the migration has been relatively painless and there are only a few nagging things I feel like I need to resolve. I am certainly not what you would call a Steve Jobs fan-boy and I was ready to slap Linux/Windows on the thing after a couple weeks if it wasn’t working out. Having spent so much time in Windows, I was somewhat nervous about how I would adapt to the Mac way of doing things. This post discusses some of the equivalent tips, tricks, and applications in OS X with a focus on free solutions. In that time, I’ve come across a lot of tips, tricks, and tools to increase productivity and generally make life easier. I’ve primarily been developing in Java on the Windows platform for eight years.

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I recently acquired a nice 17 inch MacBook Pro to replace my not too old but way too bogged down Windows machine.