Running JBuilder 9 on OS X

Prerequisites

• Existing JBuilder 9 installation on Windows or Linux machine.
• OS X with Java 1.4.1 or better.

Installation

• Copy the entire existing JBuilder installation directory from the other machine to a suitable directory on your Mac (I use /Applications/Development).
• Rename the resulting JBuilder directory to JBuilder.framework.
• (Optional: you can now delete JBuilder.framework/bin and JBuilder.framework/jdk1.4.)
• Download this location-independent app bundle (50k).
• Unzip the app bundle in the directory containing JBuilder.framework.
• You should now be able to launch the resulting JBuilder 9 application.
• This app bundle was tested with JBuilder 9 Personal. You might have to add more jars to the classpath in Jbuilder 9.app/Contents/Info.plist if you are using other versions of JBuilder.

Disclaimer

Use the software provided here at your own risk.

Acknowledgments

Thanks to

• Paul Furbacher (Borland) for his detailed explanation of this process on the Borland JBuilder Mac newsgroup.
• Neal Elward (Loyola University Chicago) for getting it to work.