IntelliJ IDEA JDK configuration on Mac OS

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Josh Morrison picture Josh Morrison · Dec 19, 2010 · Viewed 149.9k times · Source

I am using IntelliJ IDEA 10. Every time when I create a new project, it is asking me to choose JDK for this project. Anyone know how I can configure it and make it easy to use?

Answer

CrazyCoder picture CrazyCoder · Dec 19, 2010

If you are on Mac OS X or Ubuntu, the problem is caused by the symlinks to the JDK. File | Invalidate Caches should help. If it doesn't, specify the JDK path to the direct JDK Home folder, not a symlink.

Invalidate Caches menu item is available under IntelliJ IDEA File menu.

Direct JDK path after the recent Apple Java update is:

/System/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/1.6.0.jdk/Contents/Home

In IDEA you can configure the new JSDK in File | Project Structure, select SDKs on the left, then press [+] button, then specify the above JDK home path, you should get something like this:

JDK 1.6 on Mac

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