

This opens Eclipse without requiring the separate download of the legacy Java SE 6 files. Go to System Preferences: Security Settings (General) and you should see the recent app next to a button "Open Anyway" - click this button to open the app. You should get an error "(app) can't be opened because it is from an unidentified developer." Try to open the app from the command-line (not sure if this is strictly necessary, but what I did) Other configurations might work this is my environment.Įdit the ist for the JDK after installing: $ sudo nano `/usr/libexec/java_home -V`/./istĬhange the following section: JVMCapabilities Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.25-b02, mixed mode) Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_25-b17) Here are the steps in case it helps other devs get Eclipse working. This was the stupidest thing Oracle could do with Java.I just encountered this in another Eclipse-based app on Yosemite and figured out (with help from the references below) how to get the app running without installing the legacy Java SE 6 JRE. Oracle specifically BROKE the Java sandbox, allowing Java to interact directly with computer systems. Why is Java over the Internet now so dangerous? Thank Oracle, who obtained Java when they bought Sun Microsystems. Check up on their reputation and verify they are NOT Trojans. So avoid running mysterious Java apps you know nothing about. Trojan horse Java applications are possible. Just be sure you run Java apps, off the Internet, from reliable developers. NOTE: Running Java applications off the Internet is not typically a problem. But for the sake of simplicity and the ability to reinstate the Java Plug-In whenever you may want to actually use it on the Internet, I'd leave everything else in place. There are other Java bits and pieces you could trash.


Java now cannot run in them over the Internet, which is where Java is particularly dangerous. I have them in a folder labeled "Internet Plug-ins (disabled)" inside the Library folder.ģ) QUIT and restart all your web browsers. I advise that you store these files somewhere, just in case you want to use them later for some odd purpose. Yes, that includes Apple's own alias file "ugin".

A quick and simple way to DISABLE running JAVA over the Internet (if you have Admin privileges):Ģ) Remove from this directory everything listed as 'Java'.
