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.
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, 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