Public bug reported: Binary package hint: eclipse
On a freshly installed/updated box, when I run eclipse I first get the splash screen, the a little dialog saying: An error has occurred. See the log file /space/home/jbj1/workspace/.metadata/.log. In this file I see at the end: !SESSION 2011-03-04 10:19:26.019 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=M20100211-1343 java.version=1.6.0_21 java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc. BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_US Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2011-03-04 10:19:27.633 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-gtk-3557 or swt-gtk in swt.library.path, java.library.path or the jar file at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:254) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:159) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:21) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:131) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:516) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:161) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:143) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:88) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:194) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:368) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:559) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1287) I have installed libswt-gtk-3.5-java, libswt-gtk-3.5-jni, and if I run strace I can see it is looking for this: 8979 stat("/usr/java/packages/lib/amd64/libswt-gtk-3557.so", 0x7f5a74006b80) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) 8979 stat("/usr/lib/jni/libswt-gtk-3557.so", 0x7f5a74006b80) = -1 ENOENT (No su ch file or directory) 8979 stat("/lib/libswt-gtk-3557.so", 0x7f5a74006b80) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) but if I look in /usr/lib/jni/ I see: jens-hplaptop$ ls /usr/lib/jni libjava-access-bridge-jni.so libswt-awt-gtk-3555.so libjava-access-bridge-jni.so.0 libswt-gnome-gtk-3555.so libjava-access-bridge-jni.so.0.0.0 libswt-gtk-3555.so libswt-atk-gtk-3555.so libswt-pi-gtk-3555.so so perhaps the dependencies are not correct? jens-hplaptop$ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu Natty (development branch) Release: 11.04 jens-hplaptop$ dpkg --list eclipse\* | grep ^ii ii eclipse 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Extensible Tool Platform and Java IDE ii eclipse-jdt 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse Java Development Tools (JDT) ii eclipse-pde 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) ii eclipse-platform 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop any language ii eclipse-platform-data 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop any language (data) ii eclipse-plugin-cvs 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse Team Integration (CVS support) ii eclipse-rcp 3.5.2-8ubuntu2 Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP) ** Affects: eclipse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/728825 Title: eclipse cannot start, missing dependency? -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs