eclipse two errors

Learath · 11-09-2007, 01:35 PM

Hi,
When I'm starting eclipse I get the following errors:

error creating the view
java.lang.NullPointerException

and

error creating the view
org.eclipse.core.runtime.Plugin

anyone know how to solve these problems?

andrers2b · 11-24-2007, 07:57 AM

I'm getting the same errors. I followed the instructions to install Java and Eclipse at: csfalcon dot com (I can't post the links, according to the forum rules)

Any ideas? Thanks

zhoun · 11-24-2007, 08:39 AM

Code:

$ java -version

Please use the cmd to verify the current java version.

Maybe 2 reason:
1. java version
2. eclipse install files corrupted

first to confirm the java version.

andrers2b · 11-24-2007, 01:13 PM

java version "1.5.0"
gij (GNU libgcj) version 4.2.1 (Ubuntu 4.2.1-5ubuntu5)

zhoun · 11-24-2007, 07:11 PM

Then the eclipse installed by yourself or apt by distro?

Ubuntu have jdk and eclipse packages in the depository, you can use apt-get to install the packages.

You can also read the eclipse log files in the configure dir for detail infomation about the corrupt.

andrers2b · 11-25-2007, 03:16 PM

Thanks for the suggestion, but I'm not being successful with apt-get either.

Code:

$ sudo apt-get install eclipse-platform
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
  eclipse-platform: Depends: java-common (>= 0.23) but it is not installable
                    Depends: eclipse-rcp (= 3.2.2-3ubuntu3) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: libjsch-java (>= 0.1.28) but it is not installable
                    Depends: libtomcat5.5-java but it is not going to be installed


$ sudo apt-get install java-common eclipse-platform
Package java-common is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

zhoun · 11-26-2007, 03:14 AM

google search, key words:
ubuntuforums Installing and setting up Eclipse with Sun's Java

good luck.

andrers2b · 11-27-2007, 12:31 AM

I got it.

I don't know what version of Java it was running, but when I specified the path to the vm I just downloaded (/path/to/eclipse -vm /path/to/java/executable), it worked. I downloaded both Java and Eclipse and NOT USED APT-GET.

Thanks Matt for the tip and for everyone who posted.

Andre