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Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869162]

Sat, 03 August 2024 08:13

Eclipse User

I am very new to Eclipse and IDE's in general. My coding knowledge is 40 years old, and now I am retired and I am trying to learn C++.

I am running Eclipse 2024-06 (4.32.0) on my iMac M1 (Sonoma 14.4) desktop computer. I am attempting to get Eclipse to use a "Workspace" on my Ubuntu 24.04 server, via a Samba share.

Every time I try to launch Eclipse I get the error message:

Workspace Cannot Be Created

Could not launch the product because the specified workspace cannot be created. The specified workspace directory is either invalid or read-only.

The Samba share is set to Read and Write for everyone, and the directory and the subdirectory and files on the Ubuntu server are ALL set to Read/Write/Execute.

I don't understand what is going on. Can anyone solve this for me?

Re: Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869171 is a reply to message #1869162]

Sat, 03 August 2024 14:53

Eclipse User

You might instead create a new workspace and import the projects in it from the other workspace, perhaps without copying them. Without log details, it's hard (impossible) to say what's going on. If the messages say it's not working because it's not valid or not writable, there's probably not much you can do about that.

Re: Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869174 is a reply to message #1869171]

Sat, 03 August 2024 15:12

Eclipse User

Hi Ed,

Thank you so much for your reply. But I can't create my first workspace so I can't import anything from other workspaces.

If you can tell me how to export the logfiles I will attach them.

Re: Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869177 is a reply to message #1869162]

Sat, 03 August 2024 21:45

Eclipse User

Historically, putting your workspace anywhere but a fast, local disk results in problems. Between permission problems, connection reliability and performance with lots of small files, and file locking issues, it's not advised. If you want some sort of synchronization across machines, use source control at the project level.

Now, is is there an issue with creating a workspace on a local disk?

[Updated on: Sat, 03 August 2024 21:46] by Moderator

Re: Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869180 is a reply to message #1869177]

Sun, 04 August 2024 04:01

Eclipse User

Hi Nitin
I can create a workspace on my local machine, but it is an iMac and I wanted to develop some code to run on my Ubuntu Server without installing a GUI like GNome.

Re: Error message "Could not launch product...." [message #1869183 is a reply to message #1869180]

Sun, 04 August 2024 04:48

Eclipse User

You can use File -> Import -> General -> Existing Project into Workspace and those projects can be located anywhere. You don't necessarily need to copy them into the workspace's location but can "link" to them where they are. But any type of network file system might well cause problems.

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