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Eclipse doesn't start on Ibuntu 14.04 LTS [message #1432122]

Fri, 26 September 2014 13:01

Eclipse User

I've installed Eclipse Kepler on Ubuntu 14.04LTS , just unpacked the archive downloaded from the original website to /opt folder, and when I open Eclipse the loading window pops up as expected but then nothing else happens it just hangs on my screen forever.

I've added -vm option to eclipse.ini file to specify the JVM for it to run under, it looks like this:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20130327-1440.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.200.v20140116-2212
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.standard.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vm
/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-i386/bin/java
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

but nothing has changed ...

I'm so frustrated...Why can't I run Eclipse ??? Please, help anyone...

Re: Eclipse doesn't start on Ibuntu 14.04 LTS [message #1432189 is a reply to message #1432122]

Fri, 26 September 2014 15:28

Eclipse User

Are you sure that there is no 32/64 bit mismatch between:

- Linux and Java,
- Java and Eclipse?

I have run Kepler under Ubuntu 14.04 LTS and I'm currently running Luna in the same system without a hitch.

Please wait patiently when starting. The startup splash screen will get a progress bar at the bottom of the image when the startup proceeds. I checked on my MacBook under VMware: The splash screen appeared in 3 s, the progress bar in 17 s, and the workbench in 40 s.

Re: Eclipse doesn't start on Ibuntu 14.04 LTS [message #1433900 is a reply to message #1432122]

Mon, 29 September 2014 07:41

Eclipse User

My system is 32 bit, I'm using 32 bit Eclipse version(this time tried to download form Eclipse website) and I've manually installed Java 32 bit though, when I run java -version in Terminal I get

java version "1.7.0"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0-b147)
Java HotSpot(TM) Server VM (build 21.0-b17, mixed mode)

and it doesn't give a hint about bit version of Java... I'm confused about whether it is 64 or 32.

I wait enough for it to load but it just doesn't(

Also I tried to reinstall Ubuntu and still the same problem...

Re: Eclipse doesn't start on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS [message #1434179 is a reply to message #1433900]

Mon, 29 September 2014 15:42

Eclipse User

Did you read the installation instructions at
<https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse/Installation>?

The initialization file looks good. Mine is similar for
Kepler on Kubuntu 12.04 LTS, without the -vm option.

It seems to me that your installation is a bit broken.
Did you download and/or decompress it in Windows?
There is a warning about Windows decompression
utility in the installation page.

Mine is in /usr/local/eclipse, but it should not matter
if it is in /opt/eclipse instead.

Have you tried to start it from command line?

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