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Eclipse won't start Macbook Pro (Catalina) [message #1844376]

Sat, 11 September 2021 12:46

Eclipse User

Hi! I'm new to eclipse, and I'm trying to download it onto my macbook pro 2015 currently running the Catalina system.

The message I have received is:
An error has ocurred.
See the log file /Users/xxx/Downloads/workspace/.metadata/.log.

Googling and clicking into a million websites did not solve my problem. In fact, I can't even see anything in the workspace folder, it's empty! Now I'm stuck, how do I identify the problem on my mac if I can't even see the .metadata folder?

I have been trying for the past 2 hours with errors coming one after another. can't download Java legacy, not the 1.8.0 version downloaded, and now this.

WHY IS IT SO DIFFICULT! T_T

Anyways, here's a screenshot if you need more info. Please help me...

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Re: Eclipse won't start Macbook Pro (Catalina) [message #1844378 is a reply to message #1844376]

Sat, 11 September 2021 19:29

Eclipse User

Press Cmd+Shift+. in the Finder window to reveal the directory and file names that start with '.', then look at the contents of the log file as directed,

[Updated on: Sat, 11 September 2021 19:29] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse won't start Macbook Pro (Catalina) [message #1844379 is a reply to message #1844378]

Sat, 11 September 2021 19:31

Eclipse User

Great! Can you take a look for me, please?

Attachment: .log
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[Updated on: Sat, 11 September 2021 19:31] by Moderator

Re: Eclipse won't start Macbook Pro (Catalina) [message #1844380 is a reply to message #1844379]

Sun, 12 September 2021 04:26

Eclipse User

Such an old version of Eclipse 4.6.3.M20170301-0400 from years ago is doesn't work with a such new version of Java 16.0.2 and even if that weren't already a problem, likely the old version of SWT won't work on this newer version of MacOS. Install a recent version:

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

Re: Eclipse won't start Macbook Pro (Catalina) [message #1844389 is a reply to message #1844380]

Sun, 12 September 2021 12:42

Eclipse User

I did more research and did the same as you instructed and downloaded java JDK 8, also deleted the other versions, and now it's working! Thank you everyone

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