Installing Eclipse.. *urgent

snowyice · 12-29-2005, 09:43 PM

hi ppl,

I have just downloaded Eclipse-SDK-3.1.1-linux-gtk.ta.gz, I want to install this on my Fedora core 4 comp. Anyone can tell me the steps to do so? Sorry.. as i just change my comp to linux.. have abit of problem >.<

snowyice

gilead · 12-29-2005, 10:29 PM

Have you got a working Java installation on your PC? If so, just extract the eclipse files with `tar -zxf Eclipse-SDK-3.1.1-linux-gtk.ta.gz`. Change to the eclipse directory that the extract creates and run the eclipse program.

There are other things you should do for completeness, like extracting to a standard location (under /usr/local or /opt) but the above stuff will get you going

snowyice · 12-29-2005, 11:20 PM

hmm.. i am able to run the eclipse but i have this error

"Unable to read workbench state. Workbench UI layout will be reset"

although i am still able to enter the program. But under the File => new => no applicable items -_-??

Thanks gilead for the prompt reply : )

snowyice · 12-29-2005, 11:42 PM

Someone HELP... I am dying!!!..... >.<

snowyice · 12-30-2005, 12:08 AM

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gilead · 12-30-2005, 05:02 AM

Did running eclipse create 2 directories in you home directory? There should be a hidden directory called .eclipse and a visible directory called workspace. If you close eclipse and delete the 2 directories, then restart eclipse, do you get the same error? When I do this, I get a prompt from eclipse about where to create the workspace directory and then it goes ahead and re-creates the 2 directories.

At this point, from the File/New menu, I get project, package, class, etc.

snowyice · 01-02-2006, 08:25 PM

tralalala... problem solve... : )

haymaker2000 · 01-17-2006, 10:52 PM

Hi there,

I've got the same problem as stated above but deleting the 2 directories didnt work for me. In fact eclipse didnt even create both the directories. Only the workbench directory, but not the ~/.eclipse directory.

I tried to create the ~/.eclipse directory but that didnt help either.

Any ideas?

Cheers

haymaker2000 · 01-17-2006, 10:58 PM

just to get email when there is a reply, sry but i din know another way

josephfley · 01-18-2006, 12:29 AM

Hi there,

I got that problem because was using eclipse 3.1 with jdk 1.4.2 (default with Fedora Core 4), installing jdk 1.5 solved the problem for me.

NOTE: You may need to use the -vm parameter with eclipse to tell him wich jdk to use.
ie: /opt/eclipse/eclipse -vm /opt/jdk1.5.0_06/bin/java

haymaker2000 · 01-18-2006, 02:07 AM

Hi josephfley,

Thnx. That did it for me. It's working now. Woohoo. I'm using kubuntu linux and I had jdk 1.4.2 as default too. Do you or anyone here know, how to change the default? I've got jdk 1.5.0 under the same directory as you.

And thank you so much again. :-D