I'm having trouble with a brand new project in a brand new installation of Eclipse. Repro steps:
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Download this version of Eclipse: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/eclipse-ide-java-developers/heliosr
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Unzip to c:\program files\eclipse java
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Launch Eclipse; choose a workspace
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File > New > Java Project
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Project name: Hello World. JRE: "Use an execution environment JRE: JavaSE-1.7"
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Hit Next, go to the Libraries tab. The only entry is JRE System Library [JavaSE-1.7] (unbound). What does "unbound" mean? How do I fix it?
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Hit Finish.
Expected: Brand new project works fine.
Actual: There are two errors:
The project cannot be built until build path errors are resolved HelloWord Unknown Java Problem
Unbound classpath container: 'JRE System Library [JavaSE-1.7]' in project 'HelloWord' HelloWord Build path Build Path Problem
What am I doing wrong here?
Update: Perhaps I don't actually have the Java 7 JDK on my machine. How can I be sure?
Update 2: Looks like Java 7 is in fact not out yet. Sweet.
Best Answer
1) Find out where java is installed on your drive, open a cmd prompt, go to that location and run ".\java -version" to find out the exact version. Or, quite simply, check the add/remove module in the control panel.
2) After you actually install jdk 7, you need to tell Eclipse about it. Window -> Preferences -> Java -> Installed JREs.