How to point to JRE home in DBeaver.ini

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Is there a way of pointing to the proper Java/JRE in dbeaver.ini?

This works:

dbeaver.exe -vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin\server"

...but this way I can't pin DBeaver to taskbar (its icon gets duplicated)

Is there a way of achieving the above within the ini file? Or does the JRE need to be determined before dbeaver.ini file is read?

(I would like to stick to DBeaver without installing its bundled JRE.)

These are -vm args I tested as #1 line of dbeaver.ini:

-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin"
-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin\javaw.exe"
-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin\server"
-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin\server\jvm.dll"

Jaroslav Záruba

Posted 2017-06-15T09:59:25.360

Reputation: 718

Answers

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Edit:

Specify the -vm argument after the -startup and -launcher.library arguments but before -vmargs. Additionally the path to the JRE should be on the line after -vm without the path quoted, e.g.

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.201.v20161025-1711.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.401.v20161122-1740
-showsplash
-vm 
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_121\bin\server\jvm.dll
-vmargs
-Xms64m
-Xmx1024m

How did you install DBeaver? From the downloads page:

If you already have JRE installed on your computer you may disable JRE option in installer. However it is recommended to use JRE shipped with DBeaver (it won’t be break any existing JRE installation, nothing will be copied in system folders, registry or environment variables).

Did you disable the JRE option when installing?

Kyle

Posted 2017-06-15T09:59:25.360

Reputation: 146

Yes sir, I have disabled/unchecked installation of DBeaver's JRE. And I would like to point DBeaver to one of the JREs I have on my machine. – Jaroslav Záruba – 2017-06-15T12:05:17.933

1@JaroslavZáruba Have you added

-vm "C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_131\bin\server\javaw.exe"

to your dbeaver.ini BEFORE -vmargs? – Kyle – 2017-06-15T13:08:04.497

javaw.exe is not under server\ (checked all JDKs/JREs under C:\Program Files\Java)... but I have updated the question with list of -vm I tested – Jaroslav Záruba – 2017-06-16T07:53:31.003

Regardless of what I put into the -vm arg I see following on the 3rd line of the error report: "java.version=1.7.0_55" – Jaroslav Záruba – 2017-06-16T08:13:10.913

And even when I set JAVA_HOME to 1.8, DBeaver still insists java version is 1.7.0_55 – Jaroslav Záruba – 2017-06-16T08:15:56.343

1@JaroslavZáruba, I've updated my answer to show an example .ini. I tested with a fresh install of DBeaver on Win 7 without JRE and pointed it to an existing JRE with success this way. – Kyle – 2017-06-16T14:04:12.247

awesomeness! so i was adding the argument using wrong syntax... thank you sir! – Jaroslav Záruba – 2017-06-16T19:24:36.397

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