Now Check the installation of Eclipse JDT Patch with Java 8 support (for Kepler SR2) using the below steps. If you have already installed, then you can update or uninstall. Step 3: Click on Install button on Java 8 support for Eclipse Kepler SR2. Step 2: Enter “Java 8 Kepler” in the find box and click on GO

Step 1: Select Help -> Eclipse Marketplace as shown in the below picture. Open Eclipse and use the Eclipse Marketplace to add Java™ 8 support to your Eclipse Kepler SR-2 package: Let us see how to install the patch.Īssume that you have previously installed the following: The above patch for Kepler SR2, implements JDT that supports Java 8. But if you are using eclipse version kepler SR2, then you need to install “Eclipse Java Development Tools Patch with Java 8 support (for Kepler SR2)” to support java 8īy default, even if you have added Java 1.8 using Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JRE, you won’t find java 8 in eclipse JDK compliance. Eclipse Luna (4.4) supports java 8 by default.

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