Comments on: changing the default JVM on OSX Leopard

By: jamescway

jamescway — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 18:19:59 +0000

@Dick My solution for getting the root user to work with the correct java was to run the Java Preferences.app as the root user. You can find a few more details at http://www.bangheadonwall.net/?p=118

By: Dick

Dick — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 14:24:48 +0000

@jamescway I think what Java version to run is set in your home directory. sudo runs java as root so that may be why.

By: jamescway

jamescway — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 20:57:16 +0000

Hi, I was able to get it to work also using this method. But for some reason when I run the java -version command as the root or using sudo, it still gives me java 1.5. The strange thing is that I am executing the same file! I track it down to the physical location and its pointing to the …\A\commands\java

By: Dick

Dick — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 15:29:48 +0000

I just ran it under Instruments (File Activity -> Launch Executable) , and it seems to edit:

~/Library/Caches/Java/deployment.properties

I’d try removing that file if I was you, it should be recreated.

By: John

John — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:56:07 +0000

Java Preferences.app crashes when I try to open it. What system file / setting does it modify so that I can change it manually?

By: AK

AK — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:04:06 +0000

Thanks for the tip! This is far better than changing the symlinks…I did that and crashed my eclipse.

By: Dahlgren

Dahlgren — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:26:04 +0000

Thanks for posting this. I was a few seconds away from changing the symlinks.