STS 3.6.4 on Mac OS X Crashes on Launch

Question

I have a fresh download of spring-tool-suite-3.6.4.RELEASE-e4.4.2-macosx-cocoa-x86_64.tar.gz & JDK 8u45 on either Mac OS X 10.9.5 or 10.10.3 that crashes after launch. STS loads, asks me where to create a workspace, the interface loads, then crashes about 15 seconds later.

Due to IT Security policies, I have to use Java 8, so downgrading the JDK to a lower version is not an option.

Does anyone have any suggestions on how to troubleshot/fix this issue?

Note, I'm a System Admin preparing the package for deployment, not a developer. I don't have any previous workspaces or old versions of the software installed on my machines.

Thanks!

Answer 1

Did you actually let it load your previous workspace, for example from STS 3.6.2 or something? If so, please make sure that you create a new workspace and then give it a shot.

I have been using STS 3.6.2. But after I saw your post, I decided to give it a tried. Downloaded it, unarchived it and ran it.It has been running for good 5-10 mins so far. So, I don't believe anything is wrong with the pack.

OS: MacOSX 10.10.3

Answer 2

I don't really know why this fixed it, but if I install the JDK 7 update 79 and then install JDK 8 update 45 everything runs. I haven't done any real deep dives to see what parts 7u79, if any are being left behind after 8u45 gets installed, but it's working.