I changed this value to 1.7 and then the installation procedure could run happily. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SOFTWARE/JavaSoft/Java Runtime Environment/Current Version =1.8 Normally you can have multiple JVMs on one machine and this should not be a problem so I had to dig around and found that Java 8 installation was writing to the Windows registry the following: Moreover, as single machine is a simpler case, it is supposed to work too. I was following the installation procedure, which is supposed to run also in a distributed environment. I was following the installation steps and it was going smoothly until the step when I had to install Eclipse Neon.įirst it complained with my existing Java 1.7 that it needs Java 1.8 and respectively I installed it.Ĭontinuing with the next step, the IdM installer started to complain and could not run. The reason is that recently an IDMer was puzzled when he tried installation of all IdM components on one single machine and experienced some challenges in his case. I have promised to write a short article on IdM installation in particular with Eclipse Neon, which might be useful to some of you.

How to use eclipse neon for java