How to use IntelliJ IDEA with OpenJDK7 on Mac?
I'm using Mac OS X Lion.
Installed OpenJDK 7 from
http://code.google.com/p/openjdk-osx-build/downloads/list?q=label:Featured
"java -version" result is,
openjdk version "1.7.0-internal"
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-internal-b00)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)
then when click IntelliJ IDEA 10.5 icon, error dialog pops up.
"Cannot launch 'IntelliJ IDEA', No compatible version of java 1.6 is available"
So I reenabled Java 1.6 with OpenJDK 7 enabled too.
then IDEA runs, but 1.7 target project does not compile.
How can I use OpenJDK7 for IDEA?
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Hello!
Open File | Project Structure | Platform Settings | SDK, add there new JSDK and provide path to you OpenJDK7. Then open in same dialog Project Settings | Project and check project sdk is the new configured jdk, and project language level is 7.0. This configuration should help you.
Thank you. It works. :)
If you have only one version of the SDK this solution seems impossible. And after the last patch from Apple for OS X 10.8 this problem will became a real issue.