Chapter 4. Supported Operating Systems and Java Development Kits

Note

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 SimRel 2018-09 GA, https://wiki.eclipse.org/SimRel/2018-09/Simultaneous_Release_Plan.

The operating systems, chip architectures, and Java Development Kits that are supported by the Developer Studio 12.9 release are as listed in the following table.

Operating SystemChip ArchitectureJava 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.