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Thu, 19 January 2006 17:03

Eclipse User

I was wondering if any one has tried running SWT on UNIX? I have tried to
no avail. I have brought over the swt.jar and did a javac -classpath
///swt.jar GUI.java, even putting the jar in my project folder and setting
the classpath. But I keep getting a can not resolve symbol? I am new to
SWT and I do not want to use Swiing, any help would be greatly
appreciated! has any one successfully ran SWT on UNIX??
Thanks in advance

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466956 is a reply to message #466955]

Thu, 19 January 2006 19:59

Eclipse User

Me wrote:

> I was wondering if any one has tried running SWT on UNIX? I have tried to
> no avail. I have brought over the swt.jar and did a javac -classpath
> ///swt.jar GUI.java, even putting the jar in my project folder and setting
> the classpath. But I keep getting a can not resolve symbol? I am new to
> SWT and I do not want to use Swiing, any help would be greatly
> appreciated! has any one successfully ran SWT on UNIX??
> Thanks in advance
make java project and run class with main like SWT Application
it work fine on linux/gtk

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466959 is a reply to message #466956]

Thu, 19 January 2006 21:36

Eclipse User

I am not running Eclipse on UNIX, I wanted to run the 3 classes stand
alone. But to no avail. One classes utilizes SWT, and I can not get it
working. Is the SWT jar file all you need to run the GUI's on UNIX????
thanks so much, dieing here.

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466963 is a reply to message #466959]

Fri, 20 January 2006 02:19

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: davidyoung_2001.yahoo.co.uk

what favor of UNIX are you using?

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466965 is a reply to message #466959]

Fri, 20 January 2006 08:16

Eclipse User

Me wrote:

> I am not running Eclipse on UNIX, I wanted to run the 3 classes stand
> alone. But to no avail. One classes utilizes SWT, and I can not get it
> working. Is the SWT jar file all you need to run the GUI's on UNIX????
> thanks so much, dieing here.
you need native libraries for unix (gtk or motif) and swt libraries for your
platform
see swt faq on eclipse.org/swt

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466966 is a reply to message #466955]

Fri, 20 January 2006 08:56

Eclipse User

You need to download the SWT SDK, which contains both the swt.jar file
and the shared libraries appropriate for your platform.

Then go to http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php for tips on launching an
SWT app from the command line (including -Djava.library.path, etc)

Later,
PW

Re: Running SWT on UNIX [message #466974 is a reply to message #466959]

Fri, 20 January 2006 09:53

Eclipse User

SWT requires one or more swt jars (prior to 3.1, for some platforms there is
more than one jar) plus one or more swt C libraries. You must get the
correct jars and libraries for the platform you are running on.

Get the SWT Binary and Source download for your platform (e.g. Solaris GTK):

http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops/S-3.2M4- 200512151506/index.php#swt

Put all the jars on the classpath and put the C libraries on the
java.library.path. e.g.:

/users/me./jdk1.5.0_02/bin/java -Djava.library.path=/users/me/swt/ -classpath
/users/me/swt/swt.jar:/users/me/myApp/myApp.jar MyApp

"Me" <DerrickHaller@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:cdcb7c04e607ce8392c9a17050f39dcb$1@www.eclipse.org...
>I am not running Eclipse on UNIX, I wanted to run the 3 classes stand
>alone. But to no avail. One classes utilizes SWT, and I can not get it
>working. Is the SWT jar file all you need to run the GUI's on UNIX????
> thanks so much, dieing here.
>

Re:- I am currently running on Solaris 5.8 [message #466976 is a reply to message #466955]

Fri, 20 January 2006 09:53

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: DerrickHaller.gmail.com

I see versions for 8.0. I assume it is backward compatible for Sun
versions such as 5.8? I assume I must use the Motif version to have SWT
run correctly. I just hope it is backward compatible, so I do not waste
time installing SWT.
Thanks so much every one!!

Re: - I am currently running on Solaris 5.8 [message #467013 is a reply to message #466976]

Sun, 22 January 2006 01:06

Eclipse User

Me - AGAIN wrote:
> I see versions for 8.0. I assume it is backward compatible for Sun
> versions such as 5.8?

SunOS 5.8 is branded as Solaris 8.

I assume I must use the Motif version to have SWT
> run correctly. I just hope it is backward compatible, so I do not waste
> time installing SWT.

Solaris 8 did not ship with GTK+, you should use the Motif version.

-Billy

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