How do I set the eclipse ini -vm option

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I installed the Maven plugin for Eclipse  and then I got an error like below      please make sure the -vm option in eclipse ini is pointing to a JDK   How do I use the -vm option to point to my JDK in eclipse ini

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I know that there exists a command line option  -vm  to specify the path to the executable of the Java runtime  This may be the same as in eclipse ini

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Assuming you have a jre folder  which contains bin  lib  etc files copied from a Java Runtime distribution  in the same folder as eclipse ini  you can set in your eclilpse ini  -vm jre bin javaw exe

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I am not sure if something has changed  but I just tried the other answers regarding entries in  eclipse ini  for Eclipse Galileo SR2  Windows nbsp XP SR3  and none worked  Java is jdk1 6 0 18 and is the default Windows install  Things improved when I dropped   javaw exe  from the path   Also  I can t thank enough the mention that -vm needs to be first line in the ini file  I believe that really helped me out   Thus my eclipse ini file starts with   -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 18 bin   FYI  my particular need to specify launching Eclipse with a JDK arose from my wanting to work with the m2eclipse plugin

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-vm      C  Program Files Java jdk1 5 0 06 bin javaw exe   Remember  no quotes  no matter if your path has spaces  as opposed to command line execution    See here  Find the JRE for Eclipse

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My solution for Ubuntu Linux   -vm  home daniel Downloads jdk1 6 0 17 bin -startup plugins org eclipse equinox launcher 1 1 1 R36x v20101122 1400 jar --launcher library plugins org eclipse equinox launcher gtk linux x86 64 1 1 2 R36x v20101019 1345 -product org eclipse epp package jee product --launcher defaultAction openFile -showsplash org eclipse platform --launcher XXMaxPermSize 256m --launcher defaultAction openFile -vmargs -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 5 -XX MaxPermSize 256m -Xms40m -Xmx512m

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There is a wiki page here   There are two ways the JVM can be started  by forking it in a separate process from the Eclipse launcher  or by loading it in-process using the JNI invocation API   If you specify -vm with a path to the actual java w  exe  then the JVM will be forked in a separate process  You can also specify -vm with a path to the jvm dll so that the JVM is loaded in the same process   -vm D  work Java jdk1 6 0 13 jre bin client jvm dll   You can also specify the path to the jre bin folder itself   Note also  the general format of the eclipse ini is each argument on a separate line  It won t work if you put the  -vm  and the path on the same line

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The JDK you re pointing to in your eclipse ini has to match the Eclipse installation   If you are running a 32- or 64-bit Eclipse  use a 32 or 64-bit Java JDK  respectively

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My solution is   -vm D  work Java jdk1 6 0 13 bin javaw exe -showsplash org eclipse platform --launcher XXMaxPermSize 256M -framework plugins org eclipse osgi 3 4 3 R34x v20081215-1030 jar -vmargs -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 5 -Xms40m -Xmx512m

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-startup plugins org eclipse equinox launcher 1 3 0 v20140415-2008 jar --launcher library plugins org eclipse equinox launcher win32 win32 x86 64 1 1 200 v20140603-1326 -product org eclipse epp package jee product --launcher defaultAction openFile --launcher XXMaxPermSize 512M -showsplash org eclipse platform --launcher XXMaxPermSize 512m --launcher defaultAction openFile --launcher appendVmargs -vmargs -Dosgi requiredJavaVersion 1 6 -Xms2000m -Xmx3512m

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Anything after the  vmargs  is taken to be vm arguments  Just make sure it s before that  which is the last piece in eclipse ini

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eclipse ini file must have -vm on the first line and a path on the second line  Don t try to put everything into one line   -vm C  Program Files Java jdk1 6 0 07 bin javaw exe

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You have to edit the eclipse ini file to have an entry similar to this   C  Java JDK 1 5 bin javaw exe  your location of java executable  -vmargs -Xms64m    based on you memory requirements  -Xmx1028m   Also remember that in eclipse ini  anything meant for Eclipse should be before the -vmargs line and anything for JVM should be after the -vmargs line

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I d like to share this little hack   A click on the Eclipse s icon indicated a problem with the JRE  So  I put this command in the destination field of the icon s properties   C      eclipse exe -vm c   Program Files  Java jdk1 7 0 51 jre bin javaw   Thinking that the     would solve the problem with the space in the path  That did not function  Then  I tried this command   C      eclipse exe -vm c  Progra 1 Java jdk1 7 0 51 jre bin javaw   with success

[eclipse] How do I set the eclipse.ini -vm option?

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