Eclipse在Mac上看不到/ usr / local文件夹

Question

I am developing a web application in Java on my mac. The web application will run on tomcat. I have installed tomcat in /usr/local/apache-tomcat .

When I try to set the tomcat runtime in Server->Runtime Environments , I am not able to see the folder /usr/local . how do I get eclipse to see the /usr/local/apache-tomcat directory?

I am able to see /usr/local when using the Go to Folder option in Finder.

Answer 1

I had similar problem with loading external jar files in /usr/local/ for Eclipse on Mac The way i resolved this was to create a soft-link using ln -s to the folder in /usr/local to a visible folder and then loaded the jars.

ln -s source visible_location/link 

Works for me.

Answer 2

I just got a similar problem, and the workaround i found is to copy/paste the path of your tomcat base directory, and it works fine:

1. Go to your tomcat base directory
2. pwd to get the path and copy it
3. Go to eclipse -> preferences -> servers -> runtime environments -> add button -> select apache tomcat version -> then next
4. At this step, instead of browsing, you can simply paste the copied path in the Tomcat installation directory field!

et voilà

Answer 3

My guess is that you have your finder settings that hide hidden folders. It is possible to show them by following the instructions in this article .

The easiest way to do this is to type the following in your terminal:

defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE
killall Finder

If you type out the full name of the installation folder instead of using the finder, does it work?

Answer 4

You can easily control hidden files writing this in bash_profile

alias hideOn='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles TRUE'
alias hideOff='defaults write com.apple.finder AppleShowAllFiles FALSE'
alias kFinder='killAll Finder'
alias hOn='hideOn && kFinder'
alias hOff='hideOff && kFinder'

Then, reopen your terminal and write hOn. At root folder you will see hidden /usr. Just put it in your finder sidebar. Then write hOff and you will stop seeing the hidden files, but /usr will be always there at finder.