Not working on OS X 10.11, requires Java 6

[iamjono]

Just tried it on OS X 10.11 Beta (15A263e), and the binary says it requires the legacy java 6 (which is not available on 10.11)

Thanks

[EricFromCanada]

Probably because of this outstanding bug in OS X's Java implementation: https://bugs.openjdk.java.net/browse/JDK-7131356 which might be why Apple has since updated Java 6 for 10.11: https://support.apple.com/kb/DL1572?locale=en_US

[dma]

@iamjono were you able to finally get Vega installed? We recommend using a newer version of Java. You just have to do a couple of extra little things to make it work:

http://crunchify.com/os-x-mavericks-eclipse-java-issue/

I'll add that I didn't add all of those listed to the Info.plist on my OS X machine, just these:

            <key>JVMCapabilities</key>
            <array>
        <string>BundledApp</string>
                    <string>CommandLine</string>
            </array>

[dawngerpony]

The fix didn't seem to work on OSX 10.11.2 (El Capitan). I found this: Java SE 8 on Mac OS X

Editing the Info.plist file hasn't made a difference. I'll update this comment when I've had a chance to restart my computer to allow writing of system files, which is the other suggested fix in that blog post.

[petestorey26]

I could make it work by going into the Applications directory in Terminal, and running Vega.app/Contents/MacOS/Vega , but double clicking produced the "requires Java 6" rubbish, even after messing with the jdk :(

[hbekkouche]

Go to /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines/jdk1.7.0_80.jdk/Contents/Home/ copy the jre folder and past it to /Applications/Vega.app/Contents/MacOS last to run it double click on /Applications/Vega.app/Contents/MacOS/Vega