- Create working JDK directory (
C:\JDKin this case) - Download latest version of JDK from Oracle (for example
jdk-8u201-windows-x64.exe) - Download and install 7-Zip (or download 7-Zip portable version if you are not administrator)
- With 7-Zip extract all the files from
jdk-XuXX-windows-x64.exeinto the directoryC:\JDK - Execute the following commands in
cmd.exe:cd C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10extrac32 111
- Unpack
C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\tools.zipwith 7-zip - Execute the following commands in
cmd.exe: cd C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\tools\for /r %x in (*.pack) do .\bin\unpack200 -r "%x" "%~dx%~px%~nx.jar"(this will convert all.packfiles into.jarfiles)- Copy all contents of
C:\JDK\.rsrc\1033\JAVA_CAB10\toolswhere you want your JDK to be - Setup
JAVA_HOMEandPATHmanually to point to your JDK dir and its BIN subdirectory.
Add the following line after in the eclipse.ini file:
-vm
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8\bin\javaw.exe
Make sure you have add the above lines separately and above the following line:
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs