[oXygen-user] OSX: Using Java 7 With Oxygen

Wed Jul 23 13:14:29 CDT 2014

Hi Eliot,

First I'd like to point out that the primary and recommended 
distribution of Oxygen for Mac OS X 10.5 and later (.zip) still requires 
Java SE 6 (from Apple). The reason for this is that Java SE 6 from Apple 
still has better integration and compatibility with OS X for desktop 
applications and is more stable then the Java distributions from Oracle.
The .app launchers from this distribution do not recognize Java SE 7 or 
later from Oracle, only Java SE 6 from Apple. On the other hand the .sh 
scripts (e.g. oxygenMac.sh) work with any available Java (6 or later) 
runtime.

There is also available a distribution of Oxygen v16.0 for OS X 10.8 and 
later (.tar.gz) that bundles Java SE 8u5. We have had various issues on 
OS X with Java SE 7, so we have decided to use Java SE 8 instead.

This download is somewhat hidden among the 'Requirements' bulleted list. 
If you have trouble finding it, here's a direct download link:
http://www.oxygenxml.com/InstData/Editor/MacOSX/VM/oxygen.tar.gz

Note that this distribution only uses the bundled Java runtime (Java SE 
8), not the system installed Java runtime.

Regards,
Ionela

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On 7/23/2014 6:36 PM, Eliot Kimber wrote:
> I have just updated my OS X system to Java 7. I get Java 7 as the java
> version from the command line:
>
> contrext01:DITA-OT ekimber$ java -version
> java version "1.7.0_65"
> Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_65-b17)
> Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.65-b04, mixed mode)
>
> And I was able to configure Eclipse to use the Java 7 runtime.
>
>
> However, Oxygen is still using the Java 6 JRE and I can't see how to
> change it. The instructions in the help that specify using the Java
> Preferences utility are out of date as that utility is no longer provided
> by Apple and the Oracle Java preferences doesn't show anything except the
> Java 7 runtime.
>
> If I look at the system properties in the About Oxygen all the
> java-related properties reflect Java 6, not Java 7, but I don't see any
> place that these are actually being set (not in my .bashrc, not in the
> Oxygen app plist files).
>
> What do I do to get Oxygen to use the 1.7 JRE?
>
> Thanks,
>
> E.
>
> —————
> Eliot Kimber, Owner
> Contrext, LLC
> http://contrext.com
>
>
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