Chapter 4. Supported Operating Systems and Java Development Kits
As Developer Studio is based on Eclipse, the system requirements of Eclipse also apply to Developer Studio. For more information about Eclipse system requirements, see Eclipse Photon (4.8.0), https://wikitest.eclipse.org/Photon/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#Milestones_and_Release_Candidates.
The operating systems, chip architectures, and Java Development Kits that are supported by the Developer Studio 12.0 release are as listed in the following table.
| Operating System | Chip Architecture | Java Development Kit |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | x86_64 | OpenJDK 1.7[a], OpenJDK 1.8, OpenJDK 9[a], Oracle JDK 1.7[a], Oracle JDK 1.8, Oracle JDK 9[a] |
| Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows 8, and Microsoft Windows 10 | x86, x86_64 | OpenJDK 1.8[b], OpenJDK 9[b], Oracle JDK 1.6[a], Oracle JDK 1.7[a], Oracle JDK 1.8, Oracle JDK 9[a] |
| macOS Sierra (10.12) and macOS High Sierra (10.13) | x86_64 | Apple JDK 1.6[a], Oracle JDK 1.7[a], Oracle JDK 1.8, Oracle JDK 9[a] |
| Fedora 27 and 28 | x86, x86_64 | OpenJDK 1.7[a], OpenJDK 1.8, OpenJDK 9[a], Oracle JDK 1.6[a], Oracle JDK 1.7[a], Oracle JDK 1.8, Oracle JDK 9[a] |
| Ubuntu 17.10 and 18.04 LTS | x86, x86_64 | OpenJDK 1.6[a], OpenJDK 1.7[a], OpenJDK 1.8, OpenJDK 9[a], Oracle JDK 1.6[a], Oracle JDK 1.7[a], Oracle JDK 1.8, Oracle JDK 9[a] |
[a]
Java Development Kits 1.6, 1.7, and 9 are not supported for running Developer Studio; they are supported for application development and deployment only.
[b]
OpenJDK 1.8 and 9 for Microsoft Windows is 64-bit only.
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