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eclipse failed to install [message #1801417]

Fri, 18 January 2019 17:50

Ruiyan Song

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Registered: January 2019

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the eclipse exe file has been downloaded to my computer, but when I try to open it, it directs me to a browser window with an error message.

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801420 is a reply to message #1801417]

Fri, 18 January 2019 18:45

Nitin Dahyabhai

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What's the error message?

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801427 is a reply to message #1801420]

Fri, 18 January 2019 21:52

P Dudero

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Registered: January 2019

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I get the same thing. It's "HTTP 400 Bad Request" "The web page cannot be found."

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801428 is a reply to message #1801427]

Fri, 18 January 2019 22:00

Robert Klimek

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Registered: January 2019

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I am also having the same issue with the same error message in my browser.

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801431 is a reply to message #1801428]

Fri, 18 January 2019 22:26

P Dudero

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Registered: January 2019

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I found this in the Eclipse 4.7 Release Notes: "Eclipse 4.7 requires at least a Java SE 8." And if you work for a business like me, you should be aware that after the most recent Oracle Java SE 8 release, Oracle will no longer be providing public updates for business, commercial or production use without a license.

https://www.java.com/en/download/release_notice.jsp

So I'm going to try to install an older version of Eclipse, since I have an older version of Java installed...

[Updated on: Fri, 18 January 2019 22:28]

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801432 is a reply to message #1801431]

Fri, 18 January 2019 22:31

P Dudero

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Registered: January 2019

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Well, I tried quitting out of the Java installer, but it went through. Now java.com reports that I have the latest version of Java installed, so I tried "eclipse-inst-win64.exe", but I still got the same behavior, same error message. So apparently it isn't about what Java you have installed.

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801441 is a reply to message #1801432]

Sat, 19 January 2019 07:56

Ed Merks

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Can you show the URL that's not working?
Can you show what is in the two files in ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.oomph.jreinfo, i.e., in default.properties and infos.txt.

For me the former contains

64/*=C\:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_121
64/1.8=C\:\\Program Files\\Java\\jre1.8.0_121

and the later contains

C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_121;1;8;0;64;true;1490692583438
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_112;1;8;0;64;true;1483438804301
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jdk1.8.0_101;1;8;0;32;true;1474379109487
C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_72;1;8;0;64;true;1453726714145
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_112;1;8;0;64;false;1483438827048
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_111;1;8;0;64;false;1483438552670
C:\Program Files\Java\jre1.8.0_121;1;8;0;64;false;1490692628315
C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.8.0_111;1;8;0;32;false;1483438528266

These are all the JREs/JDKS I have installed on my system and are known because they are present in the system registry. If your installer is failing to run, then I imagine you really don't have a 64 bit Java 8 or higher installed.

Ed Merks
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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801448 is a reply to message #1801417]

Sat, 19 January 2019 13:38

Matt Maxon

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Registered: January 2019

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You gotta have the Java SE Development Kit installed not just the java runtime

( I cannot post the link since I'm a new user)

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801528 is a reply to message #1801448]

Mon, 21 January 2019 19:11

P Dudero

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Registered: January 2019

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Okay, so I installed the "Java SE Development Kit 11.0.2" from the Oracle web site. Now when I run "eclipse-inst-win64.exe", I get this helpful message on an otherwise completely blank web page:

can't open file

The URL is
http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/?vm=1_1_7_0_64_0&pn=Eclipse%20Installer&pu=http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer&pi=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/128x128.png

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801542 is a reply to message #1801528]

Tue, 22 January 2019 06:58

Ed Merks

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Note that no one has answered my questions: "Can you show what is in the two files in ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.oomph.jreinfo, i.e., in default.properties and infos.txt. " so I can't really see what the installer has discovered is actually on your system. Perhaps you didn't install a 32 bit version. Perhaps you're downloading a very old installer that cannot run on Java 11. Did you get it from here?

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

I'm still trying to figure out why this URL works:

http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/?vm=1_1_7_0_64_0&pn=Eclipse%20Installer&pu=http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer&pi=https://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/128x128.png

but this one does not:

http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/?vm=1_1_7_0_64_0&pn=Eclipse%20Installer&pu=http://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse_Installer&pi=http://download.eclipse.org/oomph/jre/128x128.png

I.e., why does the server not process this URL properly anymore...

https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=543613

If you want to install an old version of Eclipse or use an old installer, the older versions of either may well not run on Java 9 or higher (on Java 9 because modules refuse to open without special command line options, and Java 11 because libraries have been removed, e.g., javax.jaxb).

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801575 is a reply to message #1801542]

Tue, 22 January 2019 19:52

P Dudero

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Registered: January 2019

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I didn't have a previous version of eclipse on my machine, and since the installer failed immediately, I didn't *have* a ".eclipse" directory at all. I looked everywhere I could think (on my Windows machine) but couldn't find one.

However, whatever it was you worked out with your network server person seems to have fixed the problem. I can run (and am running) the installer now.

Thanks,
-P.D.

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Re: eclipse failed to install [message #1801798 is a reply to message #1801575]

Sun, 27 January 2019 05:47

Ed Merks

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On anther thread the underlying problem was installing a 32 bit Java and expecting it to work with a 64 bit version of the installer (or Eclipse). Where exactly in your file system is your Java installed?

Ed Merks
Professional Support: https://www.macromodeling.com/

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