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How do I get Eclipse 2020 to behave like Eclipse 2019? [message #1835244]

Sat, 28 November 2020 04:20

Fredashay Klavierstein

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I just upgraded my OS from Linux Mint 19.3 to Linux Mint 20.

I previously had Eclipse 2019-03 on Mint 19.3.

After upgrading, I installed Eclipse 2020

When I typed the name of an object in the editor in Eclipse 2019 it would list the names of all available methods for that object. But Eclipse 2020 doesn't do that.

Can I make Eclipse 202 behave like Eclipse 2019?

Or can I install Eclipse 2019?

When I tried to launch the Eclipse 2019 executable on Mint 20, it told me, "The Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library."

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Re: How do I get Eclipse 2020 to behave like Eclipse 2019? [message #1835256 is a reply to message #1835244]

Sat, 28 November 2020 06:34

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Which editor? Are you sure you installed Eclipse 2020 with the same feature set as 2019-03?

Nitin Dahyabhai
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Re: How do I get Eclipse 2020 to behave like Eclipse 2019? [message #1835264 is a reply to message #1835256]

Sat, 28 November 2020 17:17

Fredashay Klavierstein

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I don't know what you mean by "Which editor?"
I installed Eclipse 2020 from the main Mint repository using the Software Manager.
When I installed Eclipse 2019, I installed it from a tar.gz archive that I had downloaded some time ago.
In both cases, the only option I was asked to choose was to point to my workspace folder.
In Eclipse 2020, I did try to search for an option in preferences that might say something like "edit for Java source," but I couldn't find an option like that.

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Re: How do I get Eclipse 2020 to behave like Eclipse 2019? [message #1835265 is a reply to message #1835264]

Sat, 28 November 2020 17:32

Fredashay Klavierstein

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Update..
Out of desperation, I uninstalled Eclipse 2020 and then re-installed it.
It's now working! Yay! :-)
When I type the name of an object, it now gives me a list of all available methods for that object!
I'm not sure what changed between yesterday and today.
Maybe launching Eclipse 2019 yesterday added some dependencies that were missing in Eclipse 2020.
Or maybe that had nothing to do with it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Updated on: Sat, 28 November 2020 17:54]

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