You cant open eclipse because powerpc applications are no longer supported on mac

Question

Not able to launch eclipse from the Dock. My operating system is Mac OS X 64 Bit.

The error says:

You can't open the application "Eclipse" because PowerPC applications are no longer supported.

I have installed Eclipse from this link: http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/?osType=macosx

Answer 1

One possible reason can be if you have moved the eclipse setup from where it is run. To verify, right click the icon at dock and choose Options -> Show in Finder. And Make sure Eclipse setup exists. If not, copy setup to that location and try running.

Answer 2

I encountered the same error when I used sudo tar xzf on the command line to extract the Eclipse package directly into /Applications. But when I followed these instructions, I was able to open the application without errors. Specifically:

1. In Finder, locate the folder containing the Eclipse tar.gz package.
2. Double-click the Eclipse tar.gz package to extract the application into the same folder.
3. Drag the Eclipse application into the Applications folder.