eclipse needs legacy Java SE 6

Question

I updated my mac to Yosemite 10.10. Now it gives me this error:

To open “Eclipse.app” you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 runtime.

What should I do?

Do you have installed the legacy Java SE 6 runtime? 64 bits or 32 bits version? If so, what is the path? — Pier-Alexandre Bouchard, Nov 03 '14 at 19:51
Also, look the answer here: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19563766/eclipse-kepler-for-os-x-mavericks-request-java-se-6 — Pier-Alexandre Bouchard, Nov 03 '14 at 19:52
I don't know what do you need but as i think you need this: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_51.jdk/Contents — MOHRE, Nov 03 '14 at 19:56
So, your jdk is 1.7. See the accepted anser on the link I just gave you — Pier-Alexandre Bouchard, Nov 03 '14 at 19:57

score 5 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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Java JDK 1.6 is not installed on your computer.

You probably installed Java JDK 1.7 or 1.8 before the Yosemite update.

If you don't want to install JRE6 at all and simply use JRE7 or JRE8 without symlinking it to the JRE6 either you can do the following solution as described by Nikolas Grottendieck here.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:13

We don't need to install JDK1.6. I am repeating my answer to a similar question.

edit Info.plist file, in your jdk, for example:

/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_45.jdk/Contents/Info.plist

update JVMCapabilities dictionary to have following values:

          <key>JVMCapabilities</key>
            <array>
                    <string>CommandLine</string>
                    <string>JNI</string>
                    <string>BundledApp</string>
                    <string>WebStart</string>
                    <string>Applets</string>
            </array>

eclipse needs legacy Java SE 6

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