How to specify the JRE used during the debug?

Solution 1:

The change you made in eclipse.ini is about the JRE that is used to run Eclipse. It is nothing to do with the JRE that is used to run/debug an application.

To configure the JRE for debugging an application , right click the .java that you want to debug --> Debug As --> Debug Configuration. Then go to the JRE tab to configure at there. Something like below:

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