| Help With Re-installing Eclipse [message #1403008] |
Sat, 19 July 2014 14:25  |
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I am a using 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, which I installed Eclipse onto. I used the JDK to complete class assignments, and it worked just fine with Java 7. Unfortunately, it had to get repaired and somebody decided the hard drive needed to get replaced.
So I am trying to re-install Eclipse using Java 8 so I can start using the JDK to write Java again. However, I keep getting an error saying it can't find the JNI. So which package do I download for it to work?
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| Re: Help With Re-installing Eclipse [message #1403010 is a reply to message #1403008] |
Sat, 19 July 2014 15:38  |
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On 07/19/2014 01:31 PM, Patrick McKnew wrote:
> I am a using 64-bit Windows 7 laptop, which I installed Eclipse onto. I
> used the JDK to complete class assignments, and it worked just fine with
> Java 7. Unfortunately, it had to get repaired and somebody decided the
> hard drive needed to get replaced. So I am trying to re-install Eclipse
> using Java 8 so I can start using the JDK to write Java again. However,
> I keep getting an error saying it can't find the JNI. So which package
> do I download for it to work?
If you installed Luna, it came with support for Java 8 and you only need
to install JDK 8 following the instructions you should have read in the
sticky post at the top of this forum:
http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/t/198527/
If you installed Kepler, there's a feature patch that needs to be installed.
Of course, you can just install JDK 7, follow the instructions in the
link above, and get on with life no matter which version of Eclipse you
elect to install. You only need Java 8 if you need Java 8 features.
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| Re: Help With Re-installing Eclipse [message #1403326 is a reply to message #1403324] |
Tue, 22 July 2014 23:29 |
| Eclipse User |
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On 07/22/2014 07:27 PM, Patrick McKnew wrote:
> Patrick McKnew wrote on Mon, 21 July 2014 11:07
>> I hope what I did is right...
>> -startup
>> plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar
>> --launcher.library
>> plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_64_1.1.200.v20140603
>> -1326
>> -product
>> org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
>> --launcher.defaultAction
>> openFile
>> --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
>> 256M
>> -showsplash
>> org.eclipse.platform
>> --launcher.XXMaxPermSize
>> 256m
>> --launcher.defaultAction
>> openFile
>> --launcher.appendVmargs
>> -vm
>> C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_11\bin\javaw.exe
>> -vmargs
>> -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
>> -Xms40m
>> -Xmx1024m
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>> But when I try to save the file, it wants to save it as a text file. I
>> believe that it should be saved as eclipse.ini, correct?
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> Well, I tried to save the file as eclipse.ini with the above code and I
> get a dialog box from notepad saying "access is denied".
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On Windows 7, you likely have installed it as if some grand application
on a path like C:\Program Files\eclipse. This is wrong-headed because
eclipse.ini is in that same folder and without asserting Administrator
rights, you can't access it.
Eclipse is a personal productivity tool.
Instead, explode Eclipse (it doesn't "install" as a real Windows
application would, but it's only unzipped into its filesystem) on a path
like C:\Users\Patrick\eclipse so that you have access to it. It's not as
if you're sharing your computer with a dozen other folk who expect to
find it in a public place.
(There is actually a way to do the latter, in a school setting, but this
is probably not your case.)
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