Eclipse with the newest version of JDK SE

[tehhparadox]

Hi all

I'm a real newbie to Java, and I'm trying to run Eclipse on my computer. I went to java.sun.com and downloaded the latest version of the JDK SE bundle, JDK 6 Update 17. However, when I downloaded Eclipse for Windows and ran it, it doesn't work. It this because I have a new version of JDK?

Any help would be appreciated!

[CodesAway]

I'm running Java 7, so I doubt it's because the JDK is "too new".

What kind of error message did you get when trying to run Eclipse?

[r035198x]

.. it doesn't work..
..

What does "it doesn't work mean"? Does it start blowing soap bubbles at the other applications running on your computer?

[Tolls]

Now you've got me wondering if someone does a USB bubble machine...

[tehhparadox]

sorry if the question was a bit stupid, but I am a Java newbie so..

Well, when I try to run Eclipse galileo, I get an error window, saying:

JVM terminated,. Exit code=-1
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

..and so on. It is quite long so I won't write it all down.

Because it said requiredJavaVersion=1.5, I was thinking I needed a v1.5 JDK to run Eclipse.

[Tolls]

What do you got when you do "java -version" on the command line?

[tehhparadox]

Now, I get:

java version "1.6.0_17"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_17-b04)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 14.3-b01, mixed mode, sharing)