

Currently the Java Development Kit goes by Java SE Development Kit. Java is notorious for using confusing acronyms in their product names. I had to edit the eclipse.ini file to reference the correct Java path -Įclipse doesn't use the environment PATH at all when there is a value in eclipse.ini. Step 1 - Install The Java Development Kit Red5 runs and is built on Java, the first step of setting up a development environment is getting the latest Java Development Kit. See " Java Downloads for All Operating Systems".Īpril 2016: Steve Mayne adds in the comments: I went to the Java manual install page (which was not as directly accessible as you'd like) and installed the 64-bit version. I downloaded Eclipse 64-bit which looks for a 64-bit JRE.īecause I didn't have the 64-bit JRE it threw the error, which makes sense. I'm running Windows 7 64-bit and I had the 32-bit JRE installed. Even though the default registered Java in Eclipse is the one used to launch the session, you can want to register an older SDK (including a non-Sun one) in order to run/debug your programs with a JRE similar to the one which will actually be used in production.Note: You could register just a JRE within Eclipse because it is enough to run your program, but again a JDK will allow for more operations.


Eclipse will by default try to launch with the default " java.exe" (the first one referenced by your PATH)
