I was able to reproduce this bug 1. run eclipse 2 open preferencies -> Java -> installed JREs and get the same results as shown in The Screenshot https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/+bug/1047762/+attachment/3300355/+files/eclipse-crash-jdk.png
By looking into the workspace/.metadata/.log I found that the bug was caused by: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class com.ibm.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat This is a variant of an old Debian/Ubuntu bug: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600288 I am able to workaround the issue by running: sudo apt-get --reinstall install tzdata-java ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #600288 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=600288 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1047762 Title: java-6-openjdk-amd64 + Eclipse not working To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/1047762/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
