Target is not a JDK root. System library was not found. Eclipse Oxygen 4.7 + Java9 error

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I'm trying to test JDK9 (jdk-9-ea+147 version) with Eclipse Oxygen IDE.

I've installed jdk along with jre. From Eclipse Market Place I've installed Java9 Beta extension:

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The problem is, when I'm trying to add new installed jre from Eclipse I get following error:

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Interesting thing is that this error doesn't occur with installations of previous JDK versions:

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Does anyone encounter simillar problem with Eclipse Oxygen? Any feedback is appreciated.

Answer

skomisa picture skomisa · Sep 21, 2017

I've just successfully tested JDK9 with Eclipse Oxygen IDE following the approach you detailed.

Here are the details of my installation (under Windows 10):

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