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Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810725]

Sat, 17 August 2019 18:01

Eclipse User

I downloaded the latest 64 bit version to my Pi. When I run the installer I get this error:

./eclipse-inst: 1: ./eclipse-inst: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

Can someone tell me what I am doing wrong? TIA.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810727 is a reply to message #1810725]

Sat, 17 August 2019 23:59

Eclipse User

This looks like an error from your command line processor itself. It's as if it doesn't recognize that this executable is an executable and is treating it as a bash script or something like that. I'm not sure that the installer works on that architecture.

You can try downloading one of the packages:

https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/

And see if the packages themselves work on that architecture.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810733 is a reply to message #1810727]

Sun, 18 August 2019 09:39

Eclipse User

Thanks for the reply. I already tried that and while it installed, it would not run. I would get an immediate traceback when starting Eclipse. What is not clear is if Raspbian has a 64 or 32 bit version of Java. Since 'java -version' does not say 64 bit I am suspicious it might be 32 bit. Why 32 bit is installed on a 64 bit machine, I cannot guess. I am trying to find a 64 bit version of java for Raspbian but not having much luck. I also can't yet find a 32 bit version of Eclipse for Linux.

[Updated on: Sun, 18 August 2019 09:53] by Moderator

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810742 is a reply to message #1810733]

Sun, 18 August 2019 21:15

Eclipse User

Eclipse.org does not build for ARM architectures. The 32-bit and 64-bit versions you see are for x86 and x86-64 systems.

Last I saw, Raspbian's build was of a version several years old. You can try another distribution like Fedora that might have a more recent version.

[Updated on: Sun, 18 August 2019 21:16] by Moderator

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810764 is a reply to message #1810742]

Mon, 19 August 2019 08:05

Eclipse User

I was not aware that Pi was RISC. That explains a lot but obviously creates problems. However, if Eclipse is a java application then why would it matter if java is working on the Pi? In any case I found an article that indicates that Oxygen does run on Rasbian so I'll give that a try.

[Updated on: Mon, 19 August 2019 08:28] by Moderator

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810771 is a reply to message #1810764]

Mon, 19 August 2019 09:44

Eclipse User

Eclipse is using your native UI controls, meaning it has to interact with the native code where those are implemented, so that part of it does vary by platform and architecture. It's why 64-bit Eclipse requires a 64-bit Java runtime and 32-bit Eclipse requires a 32-bit Java runtime.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810780 is a reply to message #1810771]

Mon, 19 August 2019 10:45

Eclipse User

Thanks again for the reply. I think I have made progress but I'm not sure. When I launch Eclipse I am now getting a traceback:

!SESSION Mon Aug 19 09:28:33 EDT 2019 ------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2019-08-19 09:28:34.175
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarte
r
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:382)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:626)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1414)

Researching that error it appears that "osgi.framework=file\:plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.8.1.dist.jar" from "config.ini" is missing.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810807 is a reply to message #1810780]

Mon, 19 August 2019 23:49

Eclipse User

Which versions of Eclipse and Java are you trying?

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810844 is a reply to message #1810807]

Tue, 20 August 2019 09:44

Eclipse User

I've tried both available versions of java.

java version "1.8.0_202"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 25.202-b08, mixed mode)

and

openjdk version "11.0.3" 2019-04-16
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.3+7-post-Raspbian-5)
OpenJDK Server VM (build 11.0.3+7-post-Raspbian-5, mixed mode)

The only version of Eclipse I can get this close with is 3.8.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810970 is a reply to message #1810844]

Thu, 22 August 2019 13:53

Eclipse User

After much research it appears that the bottom line is there is no version of Eclipse that runs on ARM. I question why it is in the repository at all. Anyway, time to give up.

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1810977 is a reply to message #1810970]

Thu, 22 August 2019 17:34

Eclipse User

It's there because Debian had it.

It would be nice to have downloadable builds from eclipse.org built for ARM, but that would take dedicated machines, people, and time. As I touched on in https://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php?t=msg&th=1100163&goto=1810742&#msg_1810742 , Fedora tends to keep a closer eye on having their version be current, and they do build it for 64-bit Raspberry Pis (aarch64, e.g. http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/Everything/aarch64/os/Packages/e/eclipse-platform-4.11-4.fc30.aarch64.rpm ). Perhaps you can extract its contents and run them on your Raspian installation?

[Updated on: Thu, 22 August 2019 17:34] by Moderator

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1811011 is a reply to message #1810977]

Fri, 23 August 2019 10:16

Eclipse User

It turned out that doesn't work. However thanks to your rpm link I learned more about my Raspbian. Although the CPU is 64 bit, the firmware is 32 bit (ARMv7) not 64 (ARMv8). I tried to find a 32 bit version based on your link but I was not able to determine what to use. I was looking in http://ftp.usf.edu/pub/fedora/linux/releases/30/Everything/armhfp/os/Packages/e/. Can you tell me which rpm to use? Thanks again for the help. I may be stuck until the ARMv8 firmware is released.

[Updated on: Fri, 23 August 2019 10:32] by Moderator

Re: Raspbian Install Problem [message #1814202 is a reply to message #1811011]

Thu, 05 September 2019 11:04

Eclipse User

It looks like not everything that was built for their 64-bit O.S. was built for the 32-bit version. 32-bit versions in general are starting to go away.

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