Oracle Java SE Language Server not enabled

[castlea121]

After downloading the Java JDK it will not initialise the repo and come with the the bellow error.

Launching Oracle Java SE Language Server with default system JDK and userdir /Users/adamcatle/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/877f31bc97700973c317e40a9e464de9/Oracle.oracle-java LSP server launching: 30905 LSP server user directory: /Users/adamcatle/Library/Application Support/Code/User/workspaceStorage/877f31bc97700973c317e40a9e464de9/Oracle.oracle-java Cannot run on older versions of Java than Java 17. Please install Java 17 or newer or use --jdkhome switch to point to its installation directory. Cannot find org.netbeans.modules.java.lsp.server in the log! Please refer to troubleshooting section for more info: https://github.com/oracle/javavscode/blob/main/README.md#troubleshooting Request to kill LSP server. Cannot kill: Requested kill on 30905, current process is None Oracle Java SE Language Server not enabled

[sid-srini]

Hi @castlea121. Thanks for reaching out.

The extension requires JDK 17 or higher to run, while your projects can use a different JDK, which is version 8 and above.

Please refer to the Getting Started and JDK Downloader sections. The JDK Downloader page allows you to also select the path to the JDK home folder of a one that is already installed on your machine. This will set the value of the jdk.jdkhome setting. Note, that on MacOS, the JDK home folder is the Contents/Home/ folder inside the jdk package.

For setting up the JDK for individual projects, refer to the Selecting the JDK section, specifically the jdk.project.jdkhome workspace setting.

I hope this helps you get started. Please let us know if you have any other issues or questions. Thanks.