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Question or issue on macOS:

Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 upgraded to java 1.6.0_22. However, they did not include the source code or JavaDoc. Does anyone know if Apple provides the source, and if so, where to find it?

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I’d like to attach the source to Eclipse.

How to solve this problem?

Solution no. 1:

I had the same problem today – I installed the Java Developer package from http://connect.apple.com, but couldn’t find “src.jar” in /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/... anymore. On my machine, it’s now
in
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_22-b04-307.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar.

Update: For the latest version from March 2011, the jar is now:
/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_24-b07-334.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar

Once again, you’ll have to download the new Java Developer package first.

Solution no. 2:

What I do is as follows:

Download and install the Java Developer Kit (using your developer AppleId), current version 1.6.0_24-b07-334.jdk, and then in a shell, cd to the /System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Home directory.

Put in symbolic links to the jdk source files, src.jar, docs.jar and appledocs.jar, in the jdk you’ve just downloaded, that is:

sudo ln -s /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_24-b07-334.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar src.jar

and similarly for the other two jars.

Then, in Eclipse/Preferences, you can create a new Installed JRE by duplicating the existing one (the existing one points to something like /System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home) and then select the new Installed JRE and remove the original.

The Eclipse Projects might need updating to point to the ‘new’ JRE, but the source and javadocs should now be available for the standard java stuff without further ado.

NB Ensure that the version of the jdk matches the version of your system Java for this to work properly.

Solution no. 3:

Install java source, docs in 8 steps:

  1. Sign in with your Apple ID (http://connect.apple.com)

  2. Go to https://developer.apple.com/downloads/index.action

  3. Download Java for OS X 2012-00* Developer Package

  4. Install javadeveloper_for_os_x_ * .dmg.

  5. Go to Eclipse > Preferences > Java > Installed JRE

  6. Click Search…

  7. Choose JRE with location like /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_your_jdk_filename.jdk/contents/home. In my case jdk file name was 1.6.0_33-b03-424.jdk.

    You can find the file name of jdk in terminal: ls -l /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines

  8. Now, when you try “open declaration” and get message “Source Not Found” press button Attach source… and paste /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_your_jdk_filename.jdk/contents/home/src.jar

Solution no. 4:

These are the exact steps that worked for me.

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Go to the apple dev java downloads page and get the latest one you can (the apple dev web site will not let you download packages that are unsuitable for your OS version).
I installed Java Developer Package for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 5 (Disk Image).

Then I executed these commands:

Then I restarted Eclipse (I didn’t have to create a new JRE).

Solution no. 5:

You may also need to install the Java Developer Update: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html

Solution no. 6:

Found it also not working after download and installation. Using the directory didn’t work either for me. This helped finally:

and the linked it through eclipse!

Solution no. 7:

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I found that the solutions were not working for me (not sure what I am doing wrong), but I was able to see the source in Eclipse when I selected the directory of src.jar instead of specifying the actual jar.

Solution no. 8:

FYI; On a Macbook Pro 2008, however reinstalled from scratch with Lion and NetBeans 7.0.1, thus the package Java 10.7 update 1 (the latest release), the source and JavaDoc were luckily auto installed after downloading the developer package as described in this thread. All is well.

Solution no. 9:

For OSX 10.7 Lion running Java update 1, I found the sources to be in: /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0_29-b11-402.jdk/Contents/Home/src.jar. As noted in the other answers, you will first need to download and install the Java Developer package from Apple before setting this directory in your IDE.

Solution no. 10:

On 31-Jan-2012, Apple posted the Java for Mac OS X Developer Preview 11M3614+10M3614 on their developer site.

This is a version that includes source code, doc, etc. (i.e., everything a developer needs).

Hope this helps!

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To get JDK 7 up,

  • I downloaded the JDK from Oracle. They have a nice dmg file, which makes it easy to install.
  • After reading their installation instructions and running /usr/libexec/java_home (which I didn't even know about), it still wasn't defaulting to JDK 7.

Surgery required. So, I headed over to:

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This is where the system jvm's are stored. You'll notice a symbolic link for CurrentJDK. It probably points to:

You're going to want to point that to the new JDK, which java_home tells us is located in:

So, the magic commands you need are:

Then, you should be good:

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