Vscode-java-debug: URGENT- "Java 11 or more recent is required to run. Please download and install a recent JDK"

Created on 22 Jul 2020 · 8Comments · Source: microsoft/vscode-java-debug

I don't understand why today I'm getting this error. All the java commands are not working. Reloaded window, reinstalled and still not working.

Environment

Operating System: Windows_NT x64 10.0.20161 (remote ssh to ubuntu 18)
JDK version: Open jdk 8
Visual Studio Code version: 1.47.2 (user setup)
Java extension version: 0.9.1
Java Debugger extension version: 0.27.1

Source

shanewaz-abbas

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Just briefly recap the solution from redhat-developer/vscode-java#1543

This requirement is just asking you to install JDK 11 to run vscode-java extension itself, because it's also a Java program.

If you want to run your program at JDK 8, you can install both JDK 8 and JDK 11 in your machine, and configure them in the user settings below.

    "java.home": "C:\\AdoptOpenJDK\\jdk-11.0.8.10-hotspot",
    "java.configuration.runtimes": [
        {
          "default": true,
          "name": "JavaSE-1.8",
          "path": "C:\\Java\\openjdk8u181-b13",
        }
    ]

testforstephen on 24 Jul 2020

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Figured out that language support for java from redhat is what broke things. Temporarily fixed by downgrading. Gonna log this issue there.

shanewaz-abbas on 22 Jul 2020

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I think that is related with this: https://devblogs.microsoft.com/java/java-on-visual-studio-code-update-june-2020/

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alvarofernandoms on 23 Jul 2020

https://github.com/redhat-developer/vscode-java/issues/1543, yeah

shanewaz-abbas on 23 Jul 2020

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if you have a 32bit system https://superuser.com/questions/1575987/how-to-use-vscode-java-v0-65-0-with-older-java-jdk11-64bit-or-with-any-compat/1575988

lorenzznerol on 23 Jul 2020

Just briefly recap the solution from redhat-developer/vscode-java#1543

This requirement is just asking you to install JDK 11 to run vscode-java extension itself, because it's also a Java program.

If you want to run your program at JDK 8, you can install both JDK 8 and JDK 11 in your machine, and configure them in the user settings below.

    "java.home": "C:\\AdoptOpenJDK\\jdk-11.0.8.10-hotspot",
    "java.configuration.runtimes": [
        {
          "default": true,
          "name": "JavaSE-1.8",
          "path": "C:\\Java\\openjdk8u181-b13",
        }
    ]

testforstephen on 24 Jul 2020

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what if we do not want to install jdk 11, is downgrading the only solution. Any other workarounds

meatashu on 5 Sep 2020

@meatashu Is there any reason to prevent you from installing jdk 11?

testforstephen on 7 Sep 2020

If I understand correctly the situation (from https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-java-debug/issues/879, and from my experience), the situation is that JDK11 is downloaded and installed, then it is used for the PLS, but it is also used by the debugged process. In my personal case, I have an application that fails when running on JDK11 under the debugger.

I'd be very happy if I misunderstood the situation, though.