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These are some notes on using Java 1.6 on Mac OS X with Eclipse.

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I was struggling for days getting it to work with Eclipse on Mac OS X 10.12.6. My first approach was to use Maven to install JInput. The excellent M2Eclipse plugin provides good support for Maven. Unfortunately, the pre-configured Maven Repository does not include JInput.

Mac OS X lagged behind for some time on adopting Java 1.6, but it was finally released as Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 1. Unfortunately, this release has some limitations: it only runs in 64-bit mode and only on Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard). This meant no Java 1.6 support on Mac OS X 10.4, no support for PowerPC systems, and no support on the early 32-bit Intel Macs released in 2006.

To make Java 1.6 the default Java execution environment, run the Java Preferences application (found in the Utilities subfolder of the Applications folder). There you can drag the Java versions into any order you wish for both applications and applets. So to default to using Java 1.6 for everything, you can just drag Java SE 6 to the top of both the application and applet lists. The Java Preferences application will change around symlinks to correspond to your new choices. Mac OS X 10.6 (Snow Leopard) appears to include only Java SE 6, but includes both 32 and 64-bit versions, so it should allow Java 1.6 to be run on the oldest Intel Macs (no PPC because Snow Leopard does not support PPC).

This completes the file system set-up for Mac OS X. New Eclipse Workspace. Eclipse uses an external tools configuration to execute external tools. One of the most common external tool is the Ant build script. Several Ant scripts are included in the Starter Kit. The most convenient way to execute these scripts is to execute them from a.

Some command line scripts expect the JAVA_HOME environment variable to be set to the directory that contains the Java distribution being used. Also, some scripts might require different versions of Java. To support this, Apple introduced a new utility called /usr/libexec/java_home. By default, java_home just returns the home value appropriate based on the selection in the Java Preferences utility, but command line arguments can request different versions (see the manual page linked earlier). The output of java_home is intended to be assigned to the JAVA_HOME environment variable in a shell initialization script (like .profile or .cshrc).

This brings us to Eclipse, the Java development environment. Eclipse can be used to develop for multiple Java versions. When creating a Java project, Eclipse prompts for the desired JRE version in the new project dialog box. To ensure that Eclipse tracks the language differences between versions, also select the desired version in Preferences->Java->Compiler->Compiler compliance level to match your project.

However, despite these changes, Eclipse itself does not necessarily run using the Java version being used for the project being developed. Initially, the latest version of Eclipse (3.5) was released only in 32-bit mode for both Carbon (an older and deprecated Mac OS API) and Cocoa (the modern Mac OS API). Since Leopard only supported Java 1.6 in 64-bit mode, this meant that Eclipse was always running under Java 1.5. With the release of Eclipse 3.5.1, there are now 64-bit Cocoa downloads available, and these will run under Java 1.6. For some users, this may not be important, but for those doing Eclipse tool development (such as the Hackystat Eclipse sensor) it is very helpful. I use JAXB in some of my Ant build scripts, and JAXB is built into Java 1.6 but not Java 1.5. When running Eclipse in Java 1.5, many of my Ant scripts report spurious errors about being unable to locate JAXBException, but these all vanish when running Eclipse under Java 1.6. I should note that at least some people disagree with this advice, and suggest using the 32-bit Cocoa version on Leopard instead of the 64-bit version. Everyone apparently agrees that on Snow Leopard you want the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse (unless you are on a 32-bit Intel Mac).

So if you want to use Java 1.6 for your application and run Eclipse under Java 1.6 there are two options:

Use Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard (with all software updates) on a Core 2 Duo Intel Mac, with Java Preferences set to use Java SE 6 as the default Java version, and use the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse 3.5.1.
Use Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard on an Intel Mac, and use the 64-bit Cocoa version of Eclipse 3.5.1 [note, I have not specifically tested this configuration, but it should work. Confirmed, this works]

Install a new version of Eclipse to use with C++

You may want to print these instructions before proceeding, so that you can refer to them while downloading and installing MinGW and Eclipse. Or, just keep this document in your browser. You should read each step completely before performing the action that it describes.

Eclipse: Version 4.5 (Mars)

The Eclipse download requires about 200 MB of disk space; keep it on your machine, in case you need to re-install Eclipse. When installed, Eclipse requires an additional 200 MB of disk space.

Downloading

Click Eclipse
The top of the following page will appear in your browser.
In this handout we will download Eclipse Standard 4.5 for Mac OS X 64 Bit; if your computer uses Mac OS X (Cocoa), continue below; otherwise look for the pull-down list showing Mac OS X (Cocoa) and instead choose either Windows or Linux and then continue below.
Click the 64 Bit (under Mac OS X) under the heading Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers (the fourth selection from the top).
You will see the following page (don't worry about the name of the institution underneath the orange DOWNLOAD button).
Click the orange DOWNLOAD button. The site named here, in orange, underneath the DOWNLOAD button: United States - Indiana Unversity (http) is the random one chosen by the download page this time; yours may differ.
This file should start downloading in your standard download folder. This file is about 200 Mb so it might take a while to download fully if you are on a slow internet connection (it took me about 5 minutes over a cable modem). Don't worry about the exact time as long as the download continues to make steady progress. In Chrome progress is shown on the bottom-left of the window, via the icon
The file should appear as
Terminate the window browsing the Eclipse download.
Move this file to a more permanent location, so that you can install Eclipse (and reinstall it later, if necessary).
Start the Installing instructions directly below.

Installing

Double click the file eclipse-cpp-mars-R-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz, the file that you just downloaded and moved. It will unzip the file and create an Eclipse application, which appears as
Move this application into the Applications folder and put it on the dock for simple access. Now you are ready to perform a one-time only setup of Eclipse on your machine.
Double-click the Eclipse icon on the Dock that you just created above.
The following pop-up window will appear
(note it says Eclipse Cpp here, because I already have Eclipse installed for my work with Python, so on my machine I renamed this application Eclipse Cpp.
Click Open.
The following splash screen will appear
and then a Workspace Launcher pop-up window will appear.
In the Workspace text box, your login name should appear between /users and /Documentsworkspace, instead of my name, richardepattis.
Leave unchecked the Use this as the default and do not ask again box. Although you will use this same workspace for the entire quarter (checking projects in and out of it), it is best to see this Workspace Launcher pop-up window each time you start Eclipse, to remind you where your workspace is located.
Click OK.
Progress bars will appear at the bottom of the spash screen as Eclipse loads.
Eventually the Eclipse workbench will appear with a Welcome tab covering it.
Terminate (click X on) the Welcome tab.
You will not see the Welcome tab when you start Eclipse after this first time. You should now see the following Eclipse workbench.
Notice the C/C++ words/icon appear on the top left (in the Window title-bar) and below the upper right-hand corner (beneath the tool-bar).

Eclipse is now installed for C++.

Xcode

In this section we will download/install Xcode. Before downloading Xcode (this software is free) you must have an itunes

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account.

Download/Install Xcode by opening a browser and pasting the following url: https://developer.apple.com/xcode/downloads/.
It will pop-up the following Developer window.
Click the View in Mac App Store > link. It will bring pop-up the following itunes window
Click the Get button (underneath the hammer). The pop-up window will change to
Click the Install App button (same location).
When I did this, I received the following message in a pop-up window (because I am running Mac OS 10.9.5).
At this point I clicked OK and returned to the original Xcode window, scrolled to the bottom (left), and clicked on the Additional Tools link. I was redirected to login with my Apple ID.
I entered my Apple ID and password and clicked Sign In.
Next a pop-up window with an Apple Developer Agreement appeared; I scrolled to the bottom.
I clicked the box binding me to the agreement and clicked the Submit button.
Next a pop-up window with various developer tools appeared. I scrolled down to Xcode 5.1 (dated April 9, 2014) and clicked on the + to disclose the Xcode 5.1.1.dmg link.
I clicked this link; note the download occupies 2.1Gb of storage: my download took 30 minutes. Then I double clicked the downloaded .dmg file and a pop-window showed itself briefly.
Then a pop-window window asked me to drag/drop Xcode to the Applications folder.
I dragged/dropped Xcode to the Applications folder, and a pop-up window showed itself during the copying.
Then I repeated these steps for Xcode's command line developer tools. I scrolled to Command Line Tools (OS X 10.9) for Xcode - September 2014 (dated September 1, 2014) and clicked on the + to disclose the link.
I clicked this link; note the download occupies 102Mb of storage: my download took just a few minutes. Then I double clicked the downloaded .dmg file and a pop-window showed itself briefly, followed by the following pop-up window.
I double clicked the icon and the following pop-up window appeared, with the word Introduction highlighed.
I clicked the Continue button, and following pop-up window appeared, with the word License highlighed.
I clicked the Continue button, and following pop-up window appeared
I clicked the Agreee button, and following pop-up window appeared, with the word Installation Type highlighed (it skipped highlighing the Destination Select.
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I clicked the Install button, and following pop-up window appeared.
I entered my password and clicked the Install Software button, and following pop-up window appeared, showing the installation progress.
Eventually, that window was replaced with the following pop-up window with the word Summary highlighed.
I clicked the Close button and terminate the Command Line Developer Tools window.
Open a terminal and type (don't copy/paste) to its prompt: xcode-select --install as shown below.
I pressed return and following pop-up window appeared
I clicked the Install button, and following pop-up window appeared.
I clicked the Agreee button, and following pop-up window appeared briefly.
When it disappers, the following pop-up window appeared.
I clicked the Done button. Then I closed the terminal window.
Go the the Launchpad and double click the Xcode icon. The following pop-up window will appear briefly
It is replaced by the following pop-up window.
Click Open. The following pop-up window will appear
Click Agree. The following pop-up window appeared.
I entered my password and clicked OK. The following pop-up window will appear briefly
It is replaced by the following pop-up window.
Click Open Other and the following pop-up window will appear (yours might have diffierent documents, but it should show the workspace that you created when you started Eclipse). Click that workspace (to select it) and click Open.
KLUDGE: is this necessary? Could I have dismissed this window and still have run the code?

The require Xcode software is now installed.

Eclipse Verification

In this section we will Eclipse/C++ is working correctly.

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Re-open Eclipse if it is not open.
Start a new project by clicking on the 'down-pointing' black triangle to the right of the left-most icon on the Eclipse tool-bar (not at the top of the screen, but on the window runnin Eclipse). Fill in the Project Name as test; in Project type ensure Empty Porject is selected; in Toolchains ensure MacOSX GCC is selection. The pop-up window should appear as
Click Finish.
Right click the test folder and select Source File as shown in the window below.
Enter trivial.cpp after Source file: as shown in the window below.
Click the Finish button.
Copy/paste the following text starting at line 8 in the trivial.cpp editor.
Right click in the *trivial.cpp editor tab and select Save.
The * in the editor tab (meaning the file is unsaved) should disappear.
Click the hammer (or right-click the test folder and select Build Project) and the Console window at the bottom (click it if it is not active) should show a successful build.
Right click in the trivial.cpp editor and select Run as and then 1 Local C/C++ Application. The Console window should show a successful run. You can run this application in the future by clicking the right-pointing white triange in the green circle (the leftmost one of the three).