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newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #675578]

Tue, 31 May 2011 22:13

Butch

Messages: 1
Registered: May 2011

Junior Member

I am an absolute newbie to Eclipse seeking to develop Android apps.

I have installed "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers", helios, SR2, 32 bit on Win 7 HP

Somewhere during the ADT plug-in install, I must have done something wrong.

Now, when I try to run Eclipse, I get the following error message:

"The eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its shared library"

It seems that I have at least two choices:

1. Find out how to help Helios find its shared library... or...

2. Do a complete uninstall and re-install...BUT I can't open eclipse and in does not show up in the control panel uninstall box.

I would appreciate any help offered.

Thanks

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #675595 is a reply to message #675578]

Tue, 31 May 2011 22:20

Russell Bateman

Messages: 3798
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 31-May-11 16:13, Butch wrote:
> I am an absolute newbie to Eclipse seeking to develop Android apps.
>
> I have installed "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers", helios, SR2, 32 bit
> on Win 7 HP
>
> Somewhere during the ADT plug-in install, I must have done something wrong.
>
> Now, when I try to run Eclipse, I get the following error message:
>
> "The eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its shared library"
>
> It seems that I have at least two choices:
>
> 1. Find out how to help Helios find its shared library... or...
>
> 2. Do a complete uninstall and re-install...BUT I can't open eclipse and
> in does not show up in the control panel uninstall box.
>
> I would appreciate any help offered.
>
> Thanks

Here are my notes from getting started in Android development last summer:

http://www.javahotchocolate.com/tutorials/android.html

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #675807 is a reply to message #675578]

Wed, 01 June 2011 14:58

Eric Rizzo

Messages: 3070
Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

On 5/31/11 6:13 PM, Butch wrote:
> I am an absolute newbie to Eclipse seeking to develop Android apps.
>
> I have installed "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers", helios, SR2, 32 bit
> on Win 7 HP
>
> Somewhere during the ADT plug-in install, I must have done something wrong.
>
> Now, when I try to run Eclipse, I get the following error message:
>
> "The eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its shared library"
>
> It seems that I have at least two choices:
>
> 1. Find out how to help Helios find its shared library... or...
>
> 2. Do a complete uninstall and re-install...BUT I can't open eclipse and
> in does not show up in the control panel uninstall box.
>
> I would appreciate any help offered.

Uninstalling Eclipse is just a matter of deleting the directory where
it's installed. Eclipse doesn't use the Windoze Registry or anything
like that, so just delete it and re-extract from the ZIP you downloaded.

Eric

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #730546 is a reply to message #675807]

Wed, 28 September 2011 15:32

Jerome Yurow

Messages: 4
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

Eric,

I understand that all I have to do to uninstall Eclipse Helios is to delete the file. However, when I try to do this, the delete aborts with the message "the folder or one of its files in use." How could this be? How do I get around this problem?

Jerry

[Updated on: Wed, 28 September 2011 15:35]

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #730608 is a reply to message #730546]

Wed, 28 September 2011 17:17

David Wegener

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Registered: July 2009

Senior Member

Close the program that is accessing the folder or a file in the folder.

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #730677 is a reply to message #730608]

Wed, 28 September 2011 20:51

Jerome Yurow

Messages: 4
Registered: March 2011

Junior Member

I checked the Windows Task Manager. No application is running. How do I find out if a system program is using one of the files. Or a "process."

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Re: newbie needs help with install and/or uninstall - helios [message #730693 is a reply to message #730677]

Wed, 28 September 2011 21:40

Russell Bateman

Messages: 3798
Registered: July 2009
Location: Provo, Utah, USA

Senior Member

On 28-Sep-11 14:51, Jerome Yurow wrote:
> I checked the Windows Task Manager. No application is running. How do I
> find out if a system program is using one of the files. Or a "process."

The easiest is just to bounce your system, then go delete it.

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