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Configure what JVM Eclipse runs in

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How do I configure what JVM Eclipse runs in?

I'm trying to switch it to use my installed java-6-sun so that I can use jstack to figure out why Eclipse is spinning endlessly in certain situations.

I recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04, and I'm using the pre-packaged Ubuntu Eclipse 3.7.2.

I tried to adding the -vm option to eclipse.ini (immediately above the -vmargs line in my /etc/eclipse.ini), but top still shows that Eclipse is running with plain old /usr/bin/java.

The Ubuntu community wiki article for Eclipse mentions /etc/eclipse/java_home, which doesn't exist on my system.

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answered 3 Years ago oneeme · Accepted Answer

You may already be using your preferred JVM. Please note that /usr/bin/java is not a binary, but a symlink pointing to your preferred Java JRE/JDK alternative.

I recommend changing this alternative to Sun Java 6 to avoid any confusion. For how to do that, please see this question:

How do I make java default to a manually installed JRE/JDK?