Eclipse in Linux

lzhn

Hello,

I'm trying to install eclipse. I've unzipped the download file, but when i run the executable it gives me an error saying that it can't find the jdk. Does anyone know how i can tell it where to look for the jdk?

I've already tried "./eclipse -vm /usr/home/j2sdk1.4.2_04"

thanks.

voxpop

have you installed a jdk ?
If you have try setting the CLASSPATH variable to point to your jdk path and put the jdk bin folder on you PATH, eclipse should work

also from a quick google =- "For Linux and Mac OS type "java -version" at a command prompt. If not recognized or for older versions you will need to install it. Make sure to Set variable JAVA_HOME to <install dir> (e.g. C:\jdk1.4.x) and install dir>\bin is in your PATH (e.g. C:\jdk1.4.x\bin)."

lzhn

thanks for your help.

I have installed a jdk (1.4.2_04) and the PATH and CLASSPATH variables both include the path to the bin directory of the jdk. Still no luck.

btw, here is the error message, i forgot to include it in the first post.

!SESSION Mon Jun 27 17:11:52 IST 2005

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!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 Jun 27, 2005 17:11:52.748
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:395)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:174)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:704)
at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:688)

Syth

That doesn't look like you have a problem with not having a JDK installed, since those error messages are java error messages. Looks like it can't find eclipse (i know ho little sense that makes... ) Were you able to install eclipse properly?

PhantomBeaker

Check your ~/.eclipse/ directory. In one of the subdirs there's a configuraration directory (in my case it's: ~/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.0.1/configuration/ ) and there should be a coupla errorlogs there. Scour them. It generally has the entire stack trace, along with some other helpful info - if you know how to read it.

Still, best just check that javac exists can works properly, compile a few hello world style programs... with various standard imports. It looks like it might be that it can't find the foundation classes.

Good luck,
Phantom Beaker

rsynnott

Try setting the environment variable "JAVA_HOME" to where your java installation is.

lzhn

Syth wrote:

That doesn't look like you have a problem with not having a JDK installed, since those error messages are java error messages. Looks like it can't find eclipse

This was where the problem was. I hadn't ticked the box that says "re-create folders" when i extracted the zip, so the directory structure was all wrong and eclipse couldnt find itself.

extracted it again and now it works!!