I followed the steps here: I installed Java 7 but Eclipse keep saying that 1.6 is not suitable for this product.

Running OSX 10.9.5 and uninstalled the out-of-the-box version of Mac.

The new version of Java seems to show up in the System Preferences.

Ive even done some of the basics like restart my computer, etc.

Maybe there are other modifications I need to make to other files.

You may want it for Java development, but Eclipse is a lot bigger than just Java.

I defer to Eric on the forums as to the reason he recommends JDK on Mac, is it something about Macs.

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But why one would download eclipse and use it for something else where other better IDEs exists for other languages.

I could not get Eclipse to install because of Java incompatibilities.

This showed returned Java 1.6 despite the fact that I had upgraded to 1.8.

The Java version listed in the Java control panel said 1.8.

Eclipse should download the correct version of Java for itself.

You forgot that you need to source the profile file, though in your edit.

I go into LibraryJava and there is nothing there (except for the three sub-folders but they appear to be empty.

So either it is installing it in some non-standard place, or not installing it properly at all.

Maybe I need to do it through Terminal or something instead of the installer.

Updating via the Mac OS Control Panel did not update the profile variable.

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