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Eclipse Spring Tools Suite Missing JDK Warning After Java 11 Upgrade

I recently upgrades from Java 8 to Java 11 (i.e. java-11-openjdk java-11-openjdk-devel), primarily using this article for reference:
https://sysadminxpert.com/install-openjdk-11-on-centos-7/
And in Eclipse (Spring Tools Suite 4.1.0, I updated each of the following:
Window > Preferences > Java > Installed JREs to:
JRE home: /usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.11-0.el7_9.x86_64
JRE name: java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.11-0.el7_9.x86_64
Window > Preferences > Java > Compiler to:
Compiler compliance level: 11
And for each individual Java project, I edited the Build Path > Configure Build Path> Libraries Tab > Modulepath > JRE System Library to point to:
Execution environment: JavaSE-11 (java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.11-0.el7_9.x86_64)
However, each time I open up Eclipse I get a warning stating:
Missing JDK
The JRE you are running Eclipse with appears to not be a JDK.
Spring Boot Live hovers will not work with a plain JRE.
The JRE you are running Eclipse with is:
/usr/lib/jvm/java-11-openjdk-11.0.9.11-0.el7_9.x86_64
I've tried googling this, but other issues look like they are actually tied to using a JRE instead of a JDK. In my case, it seems like everything is pointing to the JDK. Has anyone run into a similar issue and know how to fix it?

Mine works after edited the .ini:
Quit Eclipse if it is running
Go to the Eclipse installation directory and open the file
eclipse.ini in a text editor.
Search for the line -vmargs
Before the line -vmargs, add two lines:
On the first line, write -vm
On the second line, write the path to your JDK installation (usually
something like: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.6.0_31\bin\javaw.exe on
Windows)

No JREs found in C:\\Program Files\java in Eclipse Scala IDE

JDK 1.8 is already installed in Windows 10 64 bit system. I am trying to create a scala project in Eclipse Scala IDE. Is says "Unbound classpath container: JRE System Library [JavaSE-1.8] in project.
While checking the Java build path-- Libraries-- JRE is coming outbound.
When I click to add JRE library, it has workspace default JRE (unbound)
While searching through preferences-- installed JRE--search. It gives no JREs.
If I try to add -- standard vm--directory ( JDK dir home). Ideally it should populate or detect all the jars but it doesn't detect.

I Tried running the application as 'Administrator' and it ran successfully.

Select your project and right click--> Build Path --> Configure Build Path -->Select Libraries--> Add Library-->JRE System Library--> Add the installed JRE here.
And if the JRE library is not getting selected, check the environment variables- JAVA_HOME and Path.
And to see if the java is correctly installed, try hitting this from CMD
java -version

Can't install Eclipse - "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine" on Mac

I'm trying to install Eclipse, but I can't get the installer to start. It fails with
"Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine"
How can I resolve this?
Note: I'm on Mac.

Edit the file /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist
There is a comment for use a particular JVM:
<key>Eclipse</key>
<array>
<!-- to use a specific Java version (instead of the platform's default) uncomment one of the following options,
or add a VM found via $/usr/libexec/java_home -V -->
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk8u192-b12/Contents/Home/jre/</string>
<string>-keyring</string>
<string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
</array>

It took me some time to figure this out as well. The main takeaway was eclipse does not support SDK Version 14 (as of eclipse 2020-03). That was not completely obvious to me.
Install a supported version (I used Homebrew to install SDK V8 🍺):
brew cask install adoptopenjdk/openjdk/adoptopenjdk8
If this is the only Java Version you have installed you should be fine and Eclipse should open up. If that is not the case and you have another Java Version installed. You have to tell Eclipse which Version of Java it should be using (see Step 2).
Tell Eclipse which Version to use by editing the /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist file as described by Juan Ignacio Barisich and Brad Parks. That being the version you installed in step 1.
nano /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist
# or
open /Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Info.plist
<key>Eclipse</key>
<array>
<string>-keyring</string>
<string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
<string>-vm</string>
<string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk/Contents/Home/jre/</string>
</array>
Disclaimer: Please bare in mind that those were the steps I took to get eclipse running again. Because I'm nowhere qualified to give a precise answer about this please take a look at the comments in case I got something wrong.
Edit: See Christian Fries answer who pointed out that all java versions 8 to 13 are supported by eclipse.

For me, I had to edit the eclipse-inst.ini file located here:
Eclipse Installer.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse-inst.ini
and add the path to my local java VM at the very top of the .ini file, which is here:
-vm
/Users/bparks/jdk/jdk1.8.0_162_x64/bin/java
If the Eclipse Installer.app file is in a DMG, right click on it, and copy it, then paste it into another folder. Then right click on that app file, and choose "Show Package Contents", to get into the files inside the application.
If you've already got Eclipse installed, and find it's throwing the same error, you could try a similar approach by editing the following file for Eclipse:
/Applications/Eclipse.app/Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini
On mac, you can get the full path you'd need to your java exe by running the following in a terminal, which will copy the path to your clipboard.
$ echo $(/usr/libexec/java_home)/bin/java | pbcopy

Note: The error "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine" also exists with Eclipse 2020-03 (under some situations, see https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=561273) and it is not required to use Java 8 (with Eclipse 2020-03).
For the impatient:
You can run Eclipse or the Eclipse Installer with a given VM without changing eclipse.ini by starting it via a command line:
Open Terminal an run:
open PATHTOECLIPSEINSTALLER/Eclipse\ Installer.app --args -vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/NAMEOFJDK/Contents/Home/bin
where PATHTOECLIPSEINSTALLER is the path of the folder where Eclipse Installer is located and NAMEOFJDK is the name of the folder with the JDK (11, 12, 13).
For example:
open Downloads/Eclipse\ Installer.app --args -vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-11.0.2.jdk/Contents/Home/bin
In the installer you may select the VM used by Eclipse. Use a compatible VM here and the installer will modify the eclipse.ini for you.
Explanation TL;DR
To clarify this issue:
Eclipse - say Eclipse 2020-03 - runs with Java 11, Java 12, Java 13, but does not run with Java 14. It fails with the message "Failed to create the Java Virtual Machine". This happens for the installer and for Eclipse itself.
You can download Eclipse without the installer from here: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/
Explanation:
On macOS, if you start a freshly installed Eclipse, it will use the default JVM. The default JVM is obtained by running /usr/libexec/java_home.
This program /usr/libexec/java_home will find the installed JDK with the highest version as default. That is, if you have JDK 14 installed and run Eclipse 2020-03, you will see this error.
Solution
Summarising some other answers here, there are three options:
Once you have removed JDK 14 from /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/ the error will be gone.
If you like to have JDK 14 installed, start the installer with a different JDK via the command line open Path-to-Eclipse-Installer/Eclipse\ Installer.app --args -vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/NAMEOFJDK/Contents/Home/bin
You may edit the eclipse.ini (as suggested in other answers) to use a specific JVM.

Referring to Marseille Joseph
https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=1102885&goto=1823113&#msg_num_13
This worked for me!
Their solution didn't require uninstalling jdk14 or to editing the eclipse.ini file. Instead, do this:
cd /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-14.jdk/Contents/MacOS/
sudo rm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-14.jdk/Contents/MacOS/libjli.dylib
sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk-14.jdk/Contents/Home/lib/libjli.dylib libjli.dylib

I started facing the same problem in mac suddenly after updating to macOS Monterey, So I just did the following steps:
Then go to Contents/Eclipse/eclipse.ini file and open it with any text editor and you will see the following:
Add below line before -vmargs as shown in above image:
-vm /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
This below line will be different for all the users:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_171.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
and you can just get this line copied to your clipboard using this command in terminal:
$ echo $(/usr/libexec/java_home)/bin/java | pbcopy
Similarly will be for STS:
Then go to Contents/Eclipse/SpringToolSuite4.ini as shown below and open with any text editor app.
You will see the following:
Just add the same line that you added for Eclipse in the above steps:

delete all java folder inside /Library/Java
then install a new jdk from
https://adoptopenjdk.net/
which will install at
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/adoptopenjdk-8.jdk
then try reinstalling eclipse a

I had the same problem in my mac. Here is my solution.
First: I've uninstall all the versions of jdk, because I've try a lot of options.
To do this, you need to go to Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
and delete all the folders.
Second: Install jdk 1.8 here is a link to download this version:
jdk 1.8
Third: Install eclipse 2020-03 and thats all.
If you want to use JDK 14, you need to follow this steps:
Open eclipse
Go to Help > Install new software
In the Install window copy the following link in Work with https://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/updates/4.15-P-builds/
Select the third option show in the picture below
Then, click "next" and finish the install
Now you have to change the options, go to Preferences (command + ,) > Java > Compiler and search the version 14. Before this step you need to install jdk 14 (link) Perhaps eclipse would suggest you to change to the correct JREs, for this you need to go to Java > Installed JREs and add the correct version. When you click add you need to choose he JRE type, in my case I use a MacOS X VM and Standard VM, then you have to choose the directory (/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachine/jdk-14/Contents/Home and click open you could give a JRE Name and finish eclipse will be restart and now you can use eclipse with java 14.
This works for me, I hope you have understood me.

Go to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines
Delete all version except one in use.

Install jdk 8 from brew work for me. You can get the instruction on installing Jdk 8 from HomeBrew here How to install Java 8 on Mac

I met this problem with eclipse-java-2020-03-M2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64, and opendjdk11. The latest eclipse installer at the moment also complained same error.
After I switched back to openjdk8, everything goes well...

For Windows OS:
open eclipse.ini in the Eclipse program folder
add the below lines at the top of the file
-vm
path-to-java-bin\javaw.exe (for example: C:\Program Files\Java\jdk-11.0.10\bin\javaw.exe)

I mounted eclipse dmg file and copied eclipse inside Applications. Then I tried to modify file Info.plist located inside Contents as below, but was getting that this file Info.plist is readonly error. I noticed that I already have read and write permission but still it was giving me that read only error. Then I moved the contents of Eclipse to some other local folder and then edited Info.plist, it did not give me readonly error.
<array>
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_65.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>
<string>-keyring</string>
<string>~/.eclipse_keyring</string>
</array>
Finally I am able to open eclipse.

Running web project on HTTP Preview give error: "Could not find JRE executable" on MAC OS X Yosemite

I am trying to run Eclipse Mars on Mac. Java 8 is installed. (JDK and JRE)
Running web project on HTTP Preview gives error that Could not find JRE executable.
In Eclipse>Prefrences>Java>Installed JREs when I try to search the JRE in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Version , I am not able to find any versions inside.
Any solution?

Given, that you installed Oracle Java (JDK) 8, open a Terminal and:
sudo rm /Library/Java/Home
which removes old links first. Note: This step might be optional.
Second step (Note: replace XX first!):
sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_XX.jdk/Contents/Home /Library/Java/Home
This command recreates a symbolic link to the actual Java 8 installation folder.
Afterwards, a fresh installation of Eclipse should detect Java8 in your system and should work with this version out of the box. You can modify an installed Eclipse to use this installation by navigating in Eclipse to:
Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs.
Finally, remove the old JRE/JDK entries AND add a new one for the path (see above) with the name Java8.
Additionally, you can create or edit a file .bash_profile (in the directory of your user home) and put the following snippet there:
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/libexec/java_home -v 1.8
Save that file and reopen a Terminal instance. If you execute export as a command there, you should see a valid JAVA_HOME with the location of your JDK 8 installation. Restart your IDE afterwards.

Java program Not running in Eclipse [duplicate]

I'm trying to install Java to use Eclipse (I followed all instructions to install Java and Eclipse) but my Eclipse is not starting due to some bad configuration I guess. I can't figure out why it's not working for me.
Eclipse Installation:
Extracted Eclipse at C:\eclipse
Created a shortcut to my desktop having target C:\eclipse\eclipse.exe
When I try to run Eclipse with this shortcut, I see following Eclipse splash screen for a second and it disappears. Eclipse does not start at all.
JAVA Installation:
Installed JDK at C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10
Installed JRE at C:\Program Files\Java\jre7
Environment Variables Configuration:
JAVA_HOME = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10
PATH = C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10\bin;
I tested my Java installation using the console and figured out this issue but I don't know how to fix it, and I guess this is causing Eclipse not to start.
Problem:

Go to Eclipse folder, locate eclipse.ini file, add following entry (before -vmargs if present):
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10\bin\javaw.exe
Save file and execute eclipse.exe.

please try to execute java from
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_10\bin
i.e from the location where java is installed.
If it is successful, it means that the error lies somewhere in the classpath.
Also, this guy seems to have had the same problem as yours, check it out

Check that downloaded eclipse/JDK/JRE is compatible with your processor/OS architecture that is are they 32bit or 64bit?

Not able to run Appium {“message”:”A new session could not be created. (Original error: ‘java -version’ failed
I used Jdk 1.8 and JRE 1.8, Classpath is also set properly but I observed that Java command gives Error to initialization of VM (java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object)
Solution:
Uninstalled JRE and JDK completely
Installed JRE 1.8 then
Installed JDK 1.8
Set Classpath
check Java command works or not and its working
also able to execute the Appium program thru Eclipse Kepler Service Release 2 with JDK1.8 support

I had the same error in my case was when I needed to update jdk 7 to jdk 8, and my bad was just I installed jdk8 and I never installed jre8, only that, the error was solved immediately when I installed jre8.

Try placing the desired java directory in PATH before not needed java directories in your PATH.

I had the same issue on Windows 7 and I had to install both JDK and JRE and it's a success.

I faced the same problem,Eclipse splash screen for a second and it disappears.Then i noticed due to auto update of java there are two java version installed in my system. when i uninstalled one eclipse started working.
Thanks you..

I've observed this with STS and Eclipse and running java from CMD too on Windows 7/8/10 and following was my simple solution:
Actually, when I installed JDK 8 and STS/Eclipse it created one directory i.e. C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath with the following files:
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\java.exe
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaw.exe
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath\javaws.exe
Along with that, it appended Path Environment variable of System with this location C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath
I've just removed above entry from Path Environment variable of System and added the location of the actual JDK instead i.e. C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_131\bin
Now that is not necessary to add that -vm option in eclipse.ini or
SpringToolSuite4.ini either.

I just spent about 1 hour to figure out possible solution for the same error.
So what I did under MS WIndows 7 is following
Uninstall all Java packages of all versions.
Download last packages Java SE or JRE for your 32 or 64 Windows and install it.
First install JRE and second is Java SE.
Open text editor and paste this code.
public class Hello {
public static void main(String[] args) {
System.out.println("test");
}
}
Save it like Hello.java
Go to Console and compile it like
javac Hello.java
Execute the code like
java Hello
Should be no error.

sometime you missed some file like I missed my one file rt.java
so better to check yours .........
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112\jre\lib

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I just spent about 1 hour to figure out possible solution for the
same error.
So what I did under MS WIndows 7 is following
Uninstall all Java packages of all versions.
Download last packages Java SE or JRE for your 32 or 64 Windows and
install it.
First install JRE and second is Java SE.
List item

Below error is thrown when there are multiple versions of jdk on your machine:
error occurred during initialization of VM
java/lang/NoClassDefFoundError: java/lang/Object
so for this Just use below:
set PATH="JDK bin path" in cmd

I had a same issuse, my file location was in D-drive, and then i shifted to the c-Drive and it works.