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Eclipse for C++ won't start on Ubuntu 20.04 [message #1848481]

Sat, 04 December 2021 02:31

Josh Levin

Messages: 2
Registered: December 2021

Junior Member

I installed downloaded and extracted `Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers` from https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/ (The Linux x86_64 version). When I try to run the eclipse binary, I get a popup:

Quote:

An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/josh/Downloads/eclipse-cpp/eclipse/configuration/1638583987805.log.

That log file is attached.

I followed the advice in the sticky and modified the eclipse.ini file to point to an Oracle JDK 11 binary. It is attached.

How can I fix this? I'll note that I'm on Ubuntu 20.04. Eclipse IDE for Java Developers works out of the box. All I have to do is download the tarball, extract it, and run it.

Attachment: 1638583987805.log
(Size: 2.97KB, Downloaded 188 times)
Attachment: eclipse.ini
(Size: 0.47KB, Downloaded 184 times)

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Re: Eclipse for C++ won't start on Ubuntu 20.04 [message #1848484 is a reply to message #1848481]

Sat, 04 December 2021 15:24

Ed Merks

Messages: 33140
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

You must have edited the eclipse.ini for it to contain

-vm
/usr/local/bin/java11-oracle

I thought the C/C++ package came packaged with a JRE. Does the folder /usr/local/bin/java11-oracle contain the java executable file? This should point at a folder with the executable...

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Re: Eclipse for C++ won't start on Ubuntu 20.04 [message #1848488 is a reply to message #1848481]

Sat, 04 December 2021 16:30

Tauno Voipio

Messages: 742
Registered: August 2014

Senior Member

I suggest that you delete the Eclipse installation, download the Eclipse installer for Linux and use it to install the main system. Remember to update the installer before using it.

Check that your Ubuntu installation has the build-essential Linux package installed.

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Tauno Voipio

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