I’m looking at various Mac options for JavaScript / Node.js IDEs, and decided to try out the Eclipse-based Aptana Studio 3 (now part of Appcelerator). But I ran into a problem when trying to run it—I kept getting an error saying:
The JVM shared library “/Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.8.0_20.jdk” does not contain the JNI_CreateJavaVM symbol
After much searching and reading of Stack Overflow posts, I decided after reading this, to completely uninstall the jdk and browser plugin from my machine, and start fresh with a clean install of Java for Yosemite.
Now I don’t know if it’s just me, but oddly the page on the Apple Support site that comes back blank. (I’ll assume there’s no conspiracy for the moment, and that this is just a bug.)
So I plugged the URL to the page into Google and loaded up the cached version. There I found the direct download link to the installer here: http://support.apple.com/downloads/DL1572/en_US/JavaForOSX2014-001.dmg
After running that installer, Aptana Studio (and also Eclipse) now launch just fine. Phew.
I’m posting this here to help others who are running into the JNI_CreateJavaVM error, and so I can find it again the next time I need to set up a new machine with Eclipse or Aptana.
ps. See also comment thread on Facebook.
