Designer 4.7 on MacOS and Java issue

[mjuricek1]

I installed Designer 4.7 on my Mac and when I am trying to lunch it...

"To open “Designer” you need to install the legacy Java*SE*6 runtime."

Seriously!???

[lhaeger]

mjuricek wrote:

> I installed Designer 4.7 on my Mac and when I am trying to lunch it...
>
> "*To open �Designer� you need to install the legacy Java*SE*6
> runtime.*"
>
> Seriously!???

That's an Eclipse issue for a long time. You can work around it by

a) installing Java 6 from Apple so it is available when Designer is launched
first time. You can then uninstall Java 6 again, subsequent launches should
just work.
b) edit info.plist of your current system-wide installed java (e.g. a JDK 😎 as
described in
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26847411/to-open-eclipse-you-need-to-install-the-legacy-java-se-6-runtime

[mjuricek1]

Thank you!

I modified /Applications/Designer/Designer.app/Contents/Info.plist

and added:
<string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-11.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java</string>

lhaeger;2493704 wrote:
mjuricek wrote:

> I installed Designer 4.7 on my Mac and when I am trying to lunch it...
>
> "*To open �Designer� you need to install the legacy Java*SE*6
> runtime.*"
>
> Seriously!???

That's an Eclipse issue for a long time. You can work around it by

a) installing Java 6 from Apple so it is available when Designer is launched
first time. You can then uninstall Java 6 again, subsequent launches should
just work.
b) edit info.plist of your current system-wide installed java (e.g. a JDK 😎 as
described in
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/26847411/to-open-eclipse-you-need-to-install-the-legacy-java-se-6-runtime

[lhaeger]

mjuricek wrote:

> I modified /Applications/Designer/Designer.app/Contents/Info.plist
>
> and added:
> <string>-vm</string><string>/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/zulu-11.jdk/Cont
> ents/Home/bin/java</string>

even better thanks for sharing!

[lhaeger]

mjuricek wrote:

> zulu-11.jdk

....hmm, I think it has a reason Designer ships with a JDK 8, though. Did you
try pointing it to the JDK that comes with Designer?

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[mjuricek1]

bananix:bin mjuricek$ pwd
/Applications/Designer/jre/bin
bananix:bin mjuricek$ ./java -version
openjdk version "1.8.0_192"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (Zulu 8.33.0.1-macosx) (build 1.8.0_192-b01)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (Zulu 8.33.0.1-macosx) (build 25.192-b01, mixed mode)

and this Java did not work for me 😞

lhaeger;2493710 wrote:
mjuricek wrote:

> zulu-11.jdk

....hmm, I think it has a reason Designer ships with a JDK 8, though. Did you
try pointing it to the JDK that comes with Designer?

--
http://www.is4it.de/en/solution/identity-access-management/

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[mjuricek1]

OK, so at the end this java works: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.8.0.jdk/Contents/Home/bin/java
Designer on Zulu is crashing...

then you have run Designer as admin because Designer is trying to copy some packages to Java location.
cd /Applications/Designer/Designer.app/Contents/MacOS
sudo ./Designer

and clink on "OK" if Designer asks you to copy missing jar files.

then, change back an ownership of the Designer installation:
sudo chown -R mjuricek:admin /Applications/Designer/

[dgersic]

mjuricek;2493703 wrote:
I installed Designer 4.7 on my Mac and when I am trying to lunch it...

"To open “Designer” you need to install the legacy Java*SE*6 runtime."

Seriously!???

With Designer 4.72 they're changing Java, I wonder if this still happens with the new version.

[mjuricek1]

Sorry, I used wrong title of the post. I installed 4.7.2. of course. I had no issues like that before.