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#1232 SQuirrelSQL on Mac OS X doesn't want jdk1.8

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2021-06-25
2016-01-20
Werner Donné
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Hello,

Launching SQuirrel SQL on Mac OS X that has JDK1.8 on it produces an error message saying the JDK-version should be at least 1.6. It then quits. This happens with the snapshot as well as version 3.7.

Best regards,

Werner.

Discussion

  • Neville Rowe

    Neville Rowe - 2016-01-30

    Is this during installation or running? I no longer have a mac to test this on.
    Within the installer files (sql12/installer/mac/izpack-mac.xml) it specifies javaversion 1.6 which is supposed to be a lexical comparison against the java.version system property according to http://izpack.org/documentation/installation-files.html. That suggests it wouldn't have worked with 1.7 either though.Worth a try just changing that to 1.8 and seeing what happens.....

     

    Last edit: Neville Rowe 2016-01-30

  • Werner Donné

    Werner Donné - 2016-02-01

    Hi Gerd,

    That snapshot works fine with Java 1.8. I also retried version 3.7 and now that works too, but I don't know why.

    Best regards,

    Werner.

     

  • Werner Donné

    Werner Donné - 2016-02-01

    My last post was wrong. Over the weekend I had to install the legacy Java 1.6 again for LibreOffice 5 and that is why it worked. After removing it neither the snapshot nor version 3.7 work.

     

  • Gerd Wagner

    Gerd Wagner - 2016-02-01

    Sorry about that.
    So I'll revert the change Neville suggested. Perhaps there is someone out there who has access to a Mac and can look for fix.
    I'd very much appreciate a patch.
    Gerd

     

  • Heklaz

    Heklaz - 2016-05-02

    Check squirrel-sql.sh in the application bundle (Contents/MacOS)

    The JavaVersionCheck appears not to do exactly as stated in the comments. Asking for just version 1.6 is not quite enough (versioncheck needs to be fixed - or so it seems :-).

    Add 1.8 to the line with "JavaVersionChecker", around line 75 and save.

    Below run in Terminal.

    Installed jdk/jre:
    java -version
    java version "1.8.0_77"
    Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_77-b03)
    Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.77-b03, mixed mode)

    java -cp Resources/Java/lib/versioncheck.jar JavaVersionChecker 1.6 -- fails
    java -cp Resources/Java/lib/versioncheck.jar JavaVersionChecker 1.7 -- fails
    java -cp Resources/Java/lib/versioncheck.jar JavaVersionChecker 1.8 -- ok

    java -cp Resources/Java/lib/versioncheck.jar 1.6 1.7 1.8 -- ok, obviously

    /jørgen

     

  • Gerd Wagner

    Gerd Wagner - 2016-05-02

    I just ran the MacOS Installer (this works although I don't have a MAC) and looked at Contents/MacOS/squirrel-sql.sh. For SQuirrel version 3.7 as well as for the latest snapshot the version check line is:
    $JAVACMD -cp "$UNIX_STYLE_HOME/lib/versioncheck.jar" JavaVersionChecker 1.6 1.7 1.8

     

  • Heklaz

    Heklaz - 2016-05-04

    Agreed - I apparently an old version lying around.

    Maybe change the comment about versioncheck in the squirrel-sql.sh file; versioncheck seems not to do quite as the comment says?

     

  • Chris Bell

    Chris Bell - 2017-03-12

    I think the intent of the "# SQuirreL home." block does not behave on Mac OS x Darwin. For the test to work on line 56 it would need to resolve to

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME='/Applications/SQuirreLSQL.app/Contents/Resources/Java'

    The dirname seems to resolve relativley to . and fails. Subsequently the zip test fails and sets the home incorectly as the default also does not make sense.

    If you are looking for a quick temp fix on a Mac, set the SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME to above.

    I am trying to understand the use case for the zip file test and the else block. Perhaps someone can expand on this.

    # SQuirreL home.
if $macosx ; then
    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=`dirname "$0"`/Contents/Resources/Java
    if [ ! -d "$SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME" ]; then
        # We assume that this is the ZIP file extracted on MacOS,
        # so, fall-back to the defult path
        SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=`dirname "$0"`
    fi
else
    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME='/Applications/SQuirreLSQL.app'
fi

    I

     

  • Max Zinal

    Max Zinal - 2018-09-20

    The attached file contains the script to run Squirrel on MacOS High Sierra 10.13.6

     
    squirrel-sql.sh

  • Gerd Wagner

    Gerd Wagner - 2018-10-11

    Max,
    as you can see from this bug as well as from 1287, 1321, 1310 changes to MAC scripts are not trivial. Perhaps you would want to drop your version here:
    https://sourceforge.net/p/squirrel-sql/patches/
    This is I probably the best place to make it available.

    Gerd

     

  • Neville Rowe

    Neville Rowe - 2018-10-12

    I'd forgotten about this - I gained a mac again a few months ago so I'll test and get it working again.

     

  • William Brooks

    William Brooks - 2021-03-11

    As of MacOS Catalina, these tweaks will no longer work, as Catalina seems to prevent the SQuirreLSQL.app package from running if squirrel-sql.sh is modified. As a workaround, I installed jenv using brew install jenv, then set the global java version using jenv global 13, where "13" is any valid JDK for SQuirrel.
    More info here: https://github.com/jenv/jenv

     

  • Gerd Wagner

    Gerd Wagner - 2021-03-13

    On MacOS Big Sur (11.1) I was able to edit squirrel-sql.sh as follows:
    Finder: Go to: programs --> Open context menu on SQuirreLSQL --> Show contents --> Navigated to Contents/MacOS/squirrel-sql.sh --> In context menu for squirrel-sql.sh --> open with TextEdit

    Note: The menu items were translated from German and may not exactly match the real English names.

     

  • Jaime A Inofuentes

    Jaime A Inofuentes - 2021-06-24

    Hello, I just installed SQuirrel on my MAC that has Big Sur 11.4 and I cannot launch SQuirrel . Gettin error that says: Your Java Virtual Machine version must be 11,12,13,14,15,16 to run Squirrel. Version used JVM 1.8.0.261. I followed some of the recommendations an updated my squirrel-sql.sh. I tried one at the time and none of them work. Can you please advise?. My squirrel-sql.sh looks like this: #! /bin/sh -x

    NOTE: If this script DOES NOT WORK search for the CHANGE_HERE comment below

    ABSPATH=$(cd "$(dirname "$0")"; pwd)

    IZPACK_JAVA_HOME is filtered in by the IzPack installer when this script is installed

    IZPACK_JAVA_HOME="/Library/Internet Plug-Ins/JavaAppletPlugin.plugin/Contents/Home"

    We detect the java executable to use according to the following algorithm:

    1. If it is located in JAVA_HOME, then we use that; or

    2. If the one used by the IzPack installer is available then use that, otherwise

    3. Use the java that is in the command path.

    if [ -d "$JAVA_HOME" -a -x "$JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
    JAVACMD="$JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
    elif [ -d "$IZPACK_JAVA_HOME" -a -x "$IZPACK_JAVA_HOME/bin/java" ]; then
    JAVACMD="$IZPACK_JAVA_HOME/bin/java"
    else
    JAVACMD=java
    fi

    Are we running within Cygwin on some version of Windows or on Mac OS X?

    macosx=false;
    case "uname -s" in
    Darwin*)
    macosx=true
    ;;
    esac

    SQuirreL home.

    if $macosx ; then

    CHANGE_HERE

    Mac users are not able to agree upon which of the three lines below works correctly, see bugs 1287, 1321, 1310.

    Thus if you have problems running SQuirreL on IOS please try out the alternative lines.

    Alternative 1

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=dirname "$0"/Contents/Resources/Java

    Alternative 2

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=$(echo $ABSPATH | grep -o '^/.*/Contents/')Resources/Java

    Alternative 3

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=dirname "$0"/../Resources/Java

    Alternative 4 (thanks to Frank Kemmer)

    APP_MacOS_DIR=$(dirname "$0")

    APP_CONTENTS_DIR=$(dirname "${APP_MacOS_DIR}")

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME="${APP_CONTENTS_DIR}/Resources/Java"

    echo "### SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME: [${SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME}]"

    Other Alternative Jun 24

    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME='/Applications/SQuirreLSQL.app/Contents/Resources/Java'

    if [ ! -d "$SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME" ]; then
    # We assume that this is the ZIP file extracted on MacOS,
    # so, fall-back to the defult path
    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME=dirname "$0"
    fi
    else
    SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME='/Applications/SQuirreLSQL.app'
    fi

    SQuirreL home in Unix format.

    UNIX_STYLE_HOME="$SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME"

    cd "$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"

    Check to see if the JVM meets the minimum required to run SQuirreL and inform the user if not and skip

    launch. versioncheck.jar is a special jar file which has been compiled with javac version 1.2.2, which

    should be able to be run by that version or higher. The arguments to JavaVersionChecker below specify the

    minimum acceptable version (first arg) and any other acceptable subsequent versions. <major>.<minor> should</minor></major>

    be all that is necessary for the version form.

    "$JAVACMD" -cp "$UNIX_STYLE_HOME/../Resources/Java/lib/versioncheck.jar" JavaVersionChecker 11 12 13 14 15 16
    if [ "$?" != "0" ]; then
    exit
    fi

    CP="$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"/squirrel-sql.jar:"$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"/lib/*

    CP="$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"/../Resources/Java/squirrel-sql.jar:"$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"/../Resources/Java/lib/*

    Define mac-specific system properties if running on Mac OS X

    MACOSX_SQUIRREL_PROPS="-Dapple.laf.useScreenMenuBar=true -Dcom.apple.mrj.application.apple.menu.about.name=SQuirreLSQL -Dapple.awt.application.name=SQuirreLSQL"
    NATIVE_LAF_PROP="--native-laf"

    if $macosx ; then
    # macosx provides unknown args to the script, causing SQuirreL to bail..
    SCRIPT_ARGS=""
    else
    SCRIPT_ARGS="$1 $2 $3 $4 $5 $6 $7 $8 $9"
    fi

    Launch SQuirreL application

    "$JAVACMD" -cp "$CP" $SQUIRREL_SQL_OPTS $MACOSX_SQUIRREL_PROPS -splash:"$SQUIRREL_SQL_HOME/icons/splash.jpg" net.sourceforge.squirrel_sql.client.Main --log-config-file "$UNIX_STYLE_HOME"/log4j.properties --squirrel-home "$UNIX_STYLE_HOME" $NATIVE_LAF_PROP $SCRIPT_ARGS

     

    • Stanimir Stamenkov

      Stanimir Stamenkov - 2021-06-25

      Gettin error that says: Your Java Virtual Machine version must be 11,12,13,14,15,16 to run Squirrel

      You're likely running post-4.2.0 release snapshot build. Note the SQuirreL home page states:

      Latest News

      New snapshot 20210411_2107.
      On Mac OS Apple's application close command "Command key"+Q now works the same way as Ctrl+Q.
      From this snapshot on Java 11 or higher is required.

      Current snapshot builds already contain changes that are incompatible with Java 8.

       

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