Setting up an existing Eclipse IDE with JDK 1.6

Question

My PC : Win 7 32-bit , Eclipse Kepler

Initially, I had JDK 1.7 . Then ,due to my project , I have to now run jdk 1.6 , which I just installed. File name :"jdk-6u25-windows-i586.exe" .I ran it and installed it in my G:// drive . Now , how do I get my Eclipse IDE to run that version (1.6) of jdk ?

Thanks.

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 16:18

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To setup the compiler

Right click on your Project->Properties->Java Compiler->Select 1.6

To set the jre:

Menu->Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs- > Add JDK6/jre and remove others.

answered Aug 12 '13 at 16:18

Juned Ahsan

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Thanks ,for a double check,my checkbox ,Use compliance from execution environment, was unchecked .I unchecked it and then set Compiler Compliance Level to 1.6 .Is it right ? – Gaurang Tandon Aug 12 '13 at 16:21
@GaurangTandon Yeah thats correct! – Juned Ahsan Aug 12 '13 at 16:22
So , do In have to set the jre also ?? – Gaurang Tandon Aug 12 '13 at 16:23
@GaurangTandon Yeah if you want both your compilation and execution environment to be jave version 6 – Juned Ahsan Aug 12 '13 at 16:25
So ,what I get after `>Preferences->Java->Installed JREs- > ` is http://i41.tinypic.com/10zstxs_th.jpg – Gaurang Tandon Aug 12 '13 at 16:26
@GaurangTandon select the default standard jre and rest of the steps are self explanatory. – Juned Ahsan Aug 12 '13 at 16:29
Not letting me press next : http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=w1saxf&s=5 – Gaurang Tandon Aug 12 '13 at 16:33
@GaurangTandon You have to enter the details such as jre home and directory. – Juned Ahsan Aug 12 '13 at 16:45

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 16:19

Window -> Preferences-> Java-> Installed Jres -> Add 1.6 -> select

Will set-up the global default JRE for your IDE.

If you want to set it up on per project bases you should use:

Project Properties -> Preferences-> Java-> Installed Jres -> Add 1.6 -> select

Setting up an existing Eclipse IDE with JDK 1.6

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