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no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94746]

Sun, 14 August 2005 14:54

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: juan.juan808.freeserve.co.uk

Hi there

I'm a newcomer, both to java and to eclipse but am keen to learn as much
as I can.
I've downloaded the lateste eclipse sdk and never got a .exe file as the
readme file said I should.

What I do have however is a jar file called "startup.jar" (an executable
jar file the description underneath tells me) and also something that
looks like it could / should be a .exe .............it's an icon showing
the eclipse sphere. When I click on it ....it brings an alert box with
loads of details on it. The top line of these details says "JVM
terminated. Exit code = 2".

I'd be grateful for any suggestions as I'm keen to get to know eclipse.

Thanks

Juan

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94761 is a reply to message #94746]

Sun, 14 August 2005 16:13

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: weconsul.ptd.net

Juan wrote:
> Hi there
>
> I'm a newcomer, both to java and to eclipse but am keen to learn as much
> as I can. I've downloaded the lateste eclipse sdk and never got a .exe
> file as the readme file said I should.
>
> What I do have however is a jar file called "startup.jar" (an executable
> jar file the description underneath tells me) and also something that
> looks like it could / should be a .exe .............it's an icon showing
> the eclipse sphere. When I click on it ....it brings an alert box with
> loads of details on it. The top line of these details says "JVM
> terminated. Exit code = 2".
>
> I'd be grateful for any suggestions as I'm keen to get to know eclipse.
>
> Thanks
>
>
> Juan
Under you Eclipse base directory you should see this in 3.1:

08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> .
08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> ..
08/09/2005 12:47 PM <DIR> configuration
07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> features
07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> plugins
07/27/2005 07:40 PM <DIR> readme
06/27/2005 03:13 PM 59 .eclipseproduct
06/27/2005 03:13 PM 110,592 eclipse.exe
06/27/2005 03:13 PM 25 eclipse.ini
07/07/2005 02:07 AM 15,551 epl-v10.html
07/07/2005 02:07 AM 6,487 notice.html
06/27/2005 03:13 PM 31,420 startup.jar

If you do not see this than it is possible that the Eclipse install zip
was bad. I would try to download another copy and install this after
deleting your currently installed Eclipse..

Also install JDK 1.5.0 before Eclipse.

https://sdlcweb3a.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=F4FA17CDB3EE6094F1A86EC0B390DA47

--

Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.servebeer.com
____________________________________________________________ ______________

'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94776 is a reply to message #94761]

Sun, 14 August 2005 16:41

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jeroen.verdrengh.student.kuleuven.be

First you should check whether or not you have an .exe. If you do, create a
shortcut to it such as this below. Replace the arguments according to your
installation paths of eclipse & java

"F:\Program Files\eclipse\eclipse.exe" -vm "F:\Program
Files\Java\jre1.5.0_04\bin\javaw.exe" -vmargs -Xmx256M

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94791 is a reply to message #94761]

Sun, 14 August 2005 17:26

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: juan.juan808.freeserve.co.uk

IchBin wrote:

> Juan wrote:
>> Hi there
>>
>> I'm a newcomer, both to java and to eclipse but am keen to learn as much
>> as I can. I've downloaded the lateste eclipse sdk and never got a .exe
>> file as the readme file said I should.
>>
>> What I do have however is a jar file called "startup.jar" (an executable
>> jar file the description underneath tells me) and also something that
>> looks like it could / should be a .exe .............it's an icon showing
>> the eclipse sphere. When I click on it ....it brings an alert box with
>> loads of details on it. The top line of these details says "JVM
>> terminated. Exit code = 2".
>>
>> I'd be grateful for any suggestions as I'm keen to get to know eclipse.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>> Juan
> Under you Eclipse base directory you should see this in 3.1:

> 08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> .
> 08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> ..
> 08/09/2005 12:47 PM <DIR> configuration
> 07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> features
> 07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> plugins
> 07/27/2005 07:40 PM <DIR> readme
> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 59 .eclipseproduct
> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 110,592 eclipse.exe
> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 25 eclipse.ini
> 07/07/2005 02:07 AM 15,551 epl-v10.html
> 07/07/2005 02:07 AM 6,487 notice.html
> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 31,420 startup.jar

> If you do not see this than it is possible that the Eclipse install zip
> was bad. I would try to download another copy and install this after
> deleting your currently installed Eclipse..

> Also install JDK 1.5.0 before Eclipse.

>
https://sdlcweb3a.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=F4FA17CDB3EE6094F1A86EC0B390DA47Hello
there

thanks for the reply..........I definetly don't have the eclipse.exe or
eclipse.ini as you have listed. I'm imagining then the mirror I
downloaded it from has a bad copy or something.........

But I just wanted to check that I would definetly need jdk 1.5 as you
say.......I'm pretty sure what I have is 1.4..........in other words it
would definetly make a difference or is just something you would
recommnend generally?

thanks again.

Juan

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94805 is a reply to message #94791]

Sun, 14 August 2005 19:07

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: weconsul.ptd.net

Juan wrote:
> IchBin wrote:
>
>> Juan wrote:
>>> Hi there
>>>
>>> I'm a newcomer, both to java and to eclipse but am keen to learn as
>>> much as I can. I've downloaded the lateste eclipse sdk and never got
>>> a .exe file as the readme file said I should.
>>>
>>> What I do have however is a jar file called "startup.jar" (an
>>> executable jar file the description underneath tells me) and also
>>> something that looks like it could / should be a .exe
>>> .............it's an icon showing the eclipse sphere. When I click
>>> on it ....it brings an alert box with loads of details on it. The top
>>> line of these details says "JVM terminated. Exit code = 2".
>>>
>>> I'd be grateful for any suggestions as I'm keen to get to know eclipse.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>> Juan
>> Under you Eclipse base directory you should see this in 3.1:
>
>> 08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> .
>> 08/14/2005 03:02 AM <DIR> ..
>> 08/09/2005 12:47 PM <DIR> configuration
>> 07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> features
>> 07/28/2005 12:33 PM <DIR> plugins
>> 07/27/2005 07:40 PM <DIR> readme
>> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 59 .eclipseproduct
>> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 110,592 eclipse.exe
>> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 25 eclipse.ini
>> 07/07/2005 02:07 AM 15,551 epl-v10.html
>> 07/07/2005 02:07 AM 6,487 notice.html
>> 06/27/2005 03:13 PM 31,420 startup.jar
>
>
>> If you do not see this than it is possible that the Eclipse install
>> zip was bad. I would try to download another copy and install this
>> after deleting your currently installed Eclipse..
>
>> Also install JDK 1.5.0 before Eclipse.
>
>>
> https://sdlcweb3a.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=F4FA17CDB3EE6094F1A86EC0B390DA47Hello
> there
> thanks for the reply..........I definetly don't have the eclipse.exe or
> eclipse.ini as you have listed. I'm imagining then the mirror I
> downloaded it from has a bad copy or something.........
>
> But I just wanted to check that I would definetly need jdk 1.5 as you
> say.......I'm pretty sure what I have is 1.4..........in other words it
> would definetly make a difference or is just something you would
> recommnend generally?
>
> thanks again.
>
>
> Juan
>
As a beginner you have no requirements NOT to use the latest JDK.

--

Thanks in Advance...
IchBin, Pocono Lake, Pa, USA http://weconsultants.servebeer.com
____________________________________________________________ ______________

'If there is one, Knowledge is the "Fountain of Youth"'
-William E. Taylor, Regular Guy (1952-)

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #94851 is a reply to message #94791]

Mon, 15 August 2005 03:18

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: hcs33.egon.gyaloglo.hu

Hi,

> But I just wanted to check that I would definetly need jdk 1.5 as you
> say.......I'm pretty sure what I have is 1.4..........in other words it
> would definetly make a difference or is just something you would
> recommnend generally?
>

You can use Eclipse with an 1.4.1 or 1.4.2 JDK as well (1.4.0 does not work
and it is a 'retired' java version). You have to install JDK 1.5 (5.0) if
you want to use the new language or api constructs introduced in 1.5.

HTH,
Regards,
Csaba

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #95005 is a reply to message #94746]

Mon, 15 August 2005 13:32

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: juan.juan808.freeserve.co.uk

Hi there

Can I first apologize for what I realise now was a misleading post.
Essentially I wrote that when I downloaded a copy of the latest eclipse
sdk I didn't get an .exe in with it.

I now know that a more accurate description is that I do have a .exe but
for some reason it's not working properly. Basically when I click on it I
get a prompt appear with the following message and that's all. If anyone
knows what the problem might be please get in touch.

JVM terminated. Exit code=2
c:\WINDOWS\\system32\javaw.exe
-Xms40m
-Xmx256m
-jar C:\eclipse\eclipse\startup.jar
-os win32
-ws win32
-arch x86
-launcher C:\eclipse\eclipse\eclipse.exe
-name Eclipse
-showsplash 600
-exitdata 2bc_38
-vm C:\WINDOWS\system32\javaw.exe
-vmargs
-Xms40m
-Xmx256m
-jar C:\eclipse\eclipse\startup.jar

Re: no .exe file for installing eclipse [message #95093 is a reply to message #95005]

Mon, 15 August 2005 16:20

Eclipse User

Originally posted by: jeroen.verdrengh.student.kuleuven.be

Please read my previous post the solution is there

You are using Microsoft's virtual machine which is not ok (vm
C:\WINDOWS\system32\javaw.exe)

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