I concur with Lothar. No issues I know of on Java 8 OS-X -- -jim Jim Willeke
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:53 AM, Lothar Haeger < [email protected]> wrote: > 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). > >
