Why can't I open SQL Developer when I have Java 10 installed?

Question

In my Mac terminal:

$ javac -version
javac 10.0.1

I open SQL Developer and get this dialog:

SQL Developer requires a minimum of Java 8. Java 8 can be downloaded from: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/

How do I get SQL developer to work?

Solution

If you don't still want to keep java 10, the fix is easy

vi /Applications/SQLDeveloper.app/Contents/MacOS/sqldeveloper.sh

Change the second line:

From:

TMP_PATH=`/usr/libexec/java_home -F -v 9`

To

TMP_PATH=`/usr/libexec/java_home -F -v 10`

Comments

[Ramhound]

Could be a simple system variable path issue.

[Henry Yang]

I download java sdk 8 at oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/… and now sql developer works

[Line]

maybe you had OpenJDK, while OracleJDK was required? (see this comment)

[Henry Yang]

@Line Sorry my SQL developer works now and I don't remember what I did to fix it. I should have posted my solution when I fixed it. I will just leave this question open if other people encounter same issue

[myhouse]

You deserve more likes. Great fix! Thanks!