lack of jre on eclipse ubuntu

Question

I installed eclipse on Ubuntu 16.04 but this code

public class WhileCounter
{
     public static void main ( String [] args)
  {
    int counter = 1;

    while (counter <= 10)
    {
        System.out.printf("%d", counter);
        ++counter;
    }

    System.out.println();
   }
 }

I'm getting this error

The method printf(String, Object[]) in the type PrintStream is not applicable for the arguments (String, int)

and a warning

Build path specifies execution environment OSGi/Minimum-1.2. There are no JREs installed in the workspace that are strictly compatible with this environment.

So I remove open jdk by this command sudo apt-get purge openjdk-\* and use this to install oracle jdk apt-get install oracle-java8-installer but the problem still exist.

Can you fix your last sentence? I assume you meant "but the problem still exist", but I could be wrong. — Aaron, May 24 '16 at 14:05
Have you configured the JDK in eclipse ? Read http://stackoverflow.com/questions/13635563/setting-jdk-in-eclipse — Alexandre Cartapanis, May 24 '16 at 16:06
The only installed jre installed is java-8-oracle and has been added but the warning says sth else — CatCoder, May 24 '16 at 17:29

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered May 24 '16 at 20:50

I fix warning by doing

Right-click on your project
Click Properties
Java build path: Libraries; Remove the "JRE System Library[J2SE 1.4]"
Click Add Library -> JRE System Library
Select the new "Execution Environment" or Workspace default JRE

and error by doing :

Check that the Compiler compliance level is set to at least 1.5 for your project: Project > Properties > Java Compiler and set compiler compliance level to 1.7

lack of jre on eclipse ubuntu

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