How can I set the java.library.path for a whole Eclipse Project? I'm using a Java library that relies on OS specific files and need to find a .dll/.so/.jnilib. But the Application always exits with an error message that those files are not found on the library path.
I would like to configure this whole project to use the library path. I tried to add the path as a VM argument to some run configurations in eclipse but that didn't work.
If you are adding it as a VM argument, make sure you prefix it with -D:
-Djava.library.path=blahblahblah...
Click Run
Click Debug ...
New Java Application
Click Arguments tab
in the 2nd box (VM Arguments) add the -D entry
-Xdebug -verbose:gc -Xbootclasspath/p:jar/vbjorb.jar;jar/oracle9.jar;classes;jar/mq.jar;jar/xml4j.jar -classpath -DORBInitRef=NameService=iioploc://10.101.2.94:8092/NameService
etc...
Don't mess with the library path! Eclipse builds it itself!
Instead, go into the library settings for your projects and, for each jar/etc that requires a native library, expand it in the "libraries" tab. In the tree view there, each library has items for source/javadoc and native library locations.
Specificly: select project, right click->properties, "java build path", "libraries" tab, select a jar, expand it, select "Native library location", click "edit...", folder chooser dialog will appear)
Messing with the library path on the command line should be your last ditch effort, because you might screw up something that is already properly set by eclipse.
For a given application launch, you can do it as jim says.
If you want to set it for the entire workspace, you can also set it under
Window->
Preferences->
Java->
Installed JREs
Each JRE has a "Default VM arguments" (which I believe are completely ignored if any VM args are set for a run configuration.)
You could even set up different JRE/JDKs with different parameters and have some projects use one, other projects use another.