Sean Brown wrote: > What are the directory requirements for running Directory Studio on OS > X? The download page says a Java runtime environment 7 or later, but > when trying to run the download on OS X 10.11.6 with the latest Oracle > JRE version 8, it complains > > "To open ApacheDirectoryStudio you need to install the legacy Java SE 6 > Runtime" > > I would rather not install JRE 6, does Directory Studio really require > such an old version of Java?
Studio works fire with JRE 7 and 8 on OS-X. I'm using 8u91 currently without problems. The message you saw is actually a "bug" in Oracle's java distributions for OS-X and I've seen with several Eclipse-based applications in the past. See https://crunchify.com/os-x-mavericks-eclipse-java-issue/ on how to solve this (over and over again for every JRE/JDK update you install).
