2

I know this problem occurs many time, but I have find a similar situation like I have.

Every time I click the Eclipse Installer, I will get a prompt:An error has occurred, see the log file null. I can't even install Eclipse.

I guess the problem is due to "JDK 9-ea", so I am planing to uninstall jdk 9-ea and use jdk8, but maybe you can help me to solve this problem directly, thanks !

Andy Liu
  • 61
  • 6
  • It is much too early to use JDK 9 as the JRE for "regular programs" - you should use Java 8 for that. – Nicolai Parlog Apr 02 '17 at 07:10
  • I uninstall java 9 as well as jdk 9-ea, and install java 1.8.0_111, now I can install Eclipse on my mac, problem solved, thanks :) – Andy Liu Apr 02 '17 at 07:50
  • 1
    @AndyLiu I'm on a Mac running jdk-9 in Eclipse for about 3 months now without any problems. – Eugene Apr 03 '17 at 07:45

2 Answers2

1

First, you need to get the correct install most probably, here is the Oxygen 4.7 M6 link : http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/S-4.7M6-201703082000/

Or the direct link to the .tar.gz

Then (after you untar the archive), go to : 

Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini

and add one parameter after -vmargs. It should look like this:

-vmargs
--add-modules=java.se.ee

This will allow you to start the Eclipse under jdk-9.

In case you want to install the jdk-9 plugin (so that you could compile code under jdk-9): you need to install the Experimental Plugin for jdk-9. There were some problems with that (I filed a bug that was closed), see this thread. At the end there is the link for on how to get the plugin.

Then you need to follow the exact instructions here for it to actually work.

Eugene
  • 117,005
  • 15
  • 201
  • 306
  • Thanks for your help. I have already uninstalled jdk9 and I find that I have installed 2 different versions of jdks on by mac, maybe that's why I can't run jdk9 properly, thanks again ! – Andy Liu Apr 05 '17 at 01:13
1

Simply adding this line to the eclipse.ini "--add-modules=java.se.ee" will resolve the whole issue

mine is macOs and Java 9 installed alone without any other version

Hope this helps

Ahmad Khundaqji
  • 332
  • 2
  • 12