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[Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1442208]

Fri, 10 October 2014 15:54

Eclipse User

Hi!

I'm using Debian Wheezy and tried to "install" Eclipse Luna on my PC. So i downloaded the latest version of the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers and extracted the archive to opt.

I tried to start Eclipse in the terminal, but it doesn't work. At first i get the loading screen and some seconds later Eclipse crashes with an error message in the terminal (can't post it here, because apparently i'm not allowed to post URLs (?), so i attached it as an ODT-file).

It says that it created a log file, so i attached this file.

I have no idea how to solve this problem, can anyone help me?

Attachment: hs_err_pid17978.log
(Size: 91.97KB, Downloaded 199 times)
Attachment: terminal output.odt
(Size: 32.26KB, Downloaded 336 times)

[Updated on: Fri, 10 October 2014 16:05] by Moderator

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1442274 is a reply to message #1442208]

Fri, 10 October 2014 18:09

Eclipse User

On 10/10/2014 01:58 PM, Andi F wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I'm using Debian Wheezy and tried to "install" Eclipse Luna on my PC. So i downloaded the latest version of the Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers and extracted the archive to opt.

Eclipse is personal productivity software. Don't treat it as some big
commercial package you install on paths like /opt, /var, /etc, etc.
Install on a path like /home/andi/eclipse.

You should be able to use OpenJDK, but if you want, you can also
download a copy of Sun's JDK from java.sun.com and put it also in a
personal place under your user, then hook it up to Eclipse via eclipse.ini.

This will give you the greatest control over your tools.

http://www.javahotchocolate.com/notes/eclipse-jdk-tomcat.html

Hope this is helpful.

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1442464 is a reply to message #1442274]

Sat, 11 October 2014 01:30

Eclipse User

Do i really need JDK for running Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers? I think Java Runtime Environment should be adequate, because i don't want to develop in Java. I moved eclipse to my home folder and still i'm getting the same error as mentioned above.

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1442898 is a reply to message #1442464]

Sat, 11 October 2014 17:40

Eclipse User

On 10/10/2014 11:30 PM, Andi F wrote:
> Do i really need JDK for running Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers? I
> think Java Runtime Environment should be adequate, because i don't want
> to develop in Java. I moved eclipse to my home folder and still i'm
> getting the same error as mentioned above.

No, you just need a JRE to execute Eclipse itself. You don't need the JDK.

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1443174 is a reply to message #1442208]

Sun, 12 October 2014 04:47

Eclipse User

The error messages tell that Java is not able to start up in graphical interface mode.

Are you running the X window system at the time of the start attempt?
If not, please run startx and try again from a Xterm window.

You could run some of the simple Java graphical programs under your Java installation to ensure that the setup is good.

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1443708 is a reply to message #1443174]

Mon, 13 October 2014 01:37

Eclipse User

Tauno Voipio wrote on Sun, 12 October 2014 08:47

The error messages tell that Java is not able to start up in graphical interface mode.

Are you running the X window system at the time of the start attempt?
If not, please run startx and try again from a Xterm window.

You could run some of the simple Java graphical programs under your Java installation to ensure that the setup is good.

I'm using Gnome, so this shouldn't be the problem. Other Java programs like JDownloader work just perfect with OpenJDK.

Edit: Even Eclipse Kepler (4.3) works fine.

[Updated on: Mon, 13 October 2014 04:57] by Moderator

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1444458 is a reply to message #1443708]

Tue, 14 October 2014 01:23

Eclipse User

FYI
Bug 430736 Crash at Eclipse startup under Debian Wheezy stable - Problematic frame: C [libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0+0x5173f] gdk_display_open+0x3f

according to
eclipse gdk_display_open+0x3f - Google Search

Re: [Debian] Eclipse Luna doesn't start [message #1445198 is a reply to message #1444458]

Wed, 15 October 2014 01:30

Eclipse User

Very embarrassing for me! I completely overlooked that, thanks! Smile

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