Eclipse can't run Java after recent update on Ubuntu

Mario Torre neugens.limasoftware at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 08:44:07 UTC 2012


Don't know if this is the problem, but according to this link:

http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/m/647118/

It maybe enough to reinstall the tzdata.

Cheers,
Mario

2012/9/13 Attila-Mihaly Balazs <dify.ltd at gmail.com>:
> @Oliver: thank you, thank you so much! I was having a similar problem
> and that line solved it for me. Details:
>
> - Tried Eclipse 3.7 and 4.2
> - Tried OpenJDK 1.6 and 1.7 (from the Ubuntu repositories). Version strings are:
>
> java version "1.7.0_07"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.2) (7u7-2.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.1)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)
>
> java version "1.6.0_24"
> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.4) (6b24-1.11.4-1ubuntu0.12.04.1)
> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12, mixed mode)
>
> - My problem was that I couldn't launch java programs and when I tried
> to create a new debug configuration I got the error:
>
> Plug-in org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui was unable to load class
> org.eclipse.jdt.internal.debug.ui.launcher.LocalJavaApplicationTabGroup.
> An error occurred while automatically activating bundle
> org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui (146).
>
> In the eclipse debug logs I saw the following kind of exceptions (all
> boiling down to exceptions in com.ibm.icu.impl.JavaTimeZone):
>
> org.eclipse.core.runtime.CoreException: Plug-in
> "org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler" was unable to instantiate
> class "org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.AutomaticUpdateScheduler".
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.throwException(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:194)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:188)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ExtensionRegistry.createExecutableExtension(ExtensionRegistry.java:905)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElement.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElement.java:243)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.ConfigurationElementHandle.createExecutableExtension(ConfigurationElementHandle.java:55)
>         at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin$1.run(WorkbenchPlugin.java:273)
>         at org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:52)
>         at org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPlugin.createExtension(WorkbenchPlugin.java:269)
>         at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EarlyStartupRunnable.getExecutableExtension(EarlyStartupRunnable.java:117)
>         at org.eclipse.ui.internal.EarlyStartupRunnable.run(EarlyStartupRunnable.java:66)
>         at org.eclipse.core.runtime.SafeRunner.run(SafeRunner.java:42)
>         at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$52.run(Workbench.java:2357)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)
> Caused by: java.lang.ExceptionInInitializerError
>         at com.ibm.icu.util.TimeZone.getDefault(TimeZone.java:754)
>         at com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar.getInstanceInternal(Calendar.java:1626)
>         at com.ibm.icu.util.Calendar.getInstance(Calendar.java:1590)
>         at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.AutomaticUpdateScheduler.<clinit>(AutomaticUpdateScheduler.java:50)
>         at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method)
>         at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.java:57)
>         at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.java:45)
>         at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Constructor.java:525)
>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance0(Class.java:372)
>         at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Class.java:325)
>         at org.eclipse.core.internal.registry.osgi.RegistryStrategyOSGI.createExecutableExtension(RegistryStrategyOSGI.java:184)
>         ... 11 more
> Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException
>         at sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfoFile.getZoneIDs(ZoneInfoFile.java:790)
>         at sun.util.calendar.ZoneInfo.getAvailableIDs(ZoneInfo.java:576)
>         at java.util.TimeZone.getAvailableIDs(TimeZone.java:588)
>         at com.ibm.icu.impl.JavaTimeZone.<clinit>(JavaTimeZone.java:37)
>         ... 22 more
>
> As for the exact source the OpenJDK binaries were built from: I
> suspect that they are the following (in the downloads section):
>
> - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-7/7u7-2.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
> - https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/6b24-1.11.4-1ubuntu0.12.04.1
>
> Regards,
> Attila
>
> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 8:37 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker <curoli at gmail.com> wrote:
>>      Hello,
>>
>>   All I know is:
>>
>> $ java -version
>> java version "1.7.0_07"
>> OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea7 2.3.2) (7u7-2.3.2-1ubuntu0.12.04.1)
>> OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.2-b09, mixed mode)
>>
>>      Take care
>>      Oliver
>>
>> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:12 PM, Donald Smith <donald.smith at oracle.com> wrote:
>>> Hi Oliver,
>>>
>>> When you say you're running "OpenJDK 6 and 7", can you clarify who's
>>> distribution, obviously you're getting it from Ubuntu, but is it their
>>> build, or are they shipping someone else?.  The OpenJDK project is the place
>>> to collaborate on the open-source implementation of Java SE, but there are
>>> many different ways it's packaged and distributed.
>>>
>>> Some links that might be helpful:
>>> http://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ#I_just_installed_Eclipse_on_Linux.2C_but_it_does_not_start._What_is_the_problem.3F
>>>
>>> http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/readme_eclipse_4.2.html#TargetOperatingEnvironments
>>>
>>>  - Don
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/09/2012 12:06 PM, Oliver Ruebenacker wrote:
>>>>
>>>>       Hello,
>>>>
>>>>    I'm running Eclipse 3.7.2 on Ubuntu 11.10. Yesterday, I applied some
>>>> updates regarding OpenJDK that were offered automatically. I have
>>>> installed both OpenJDK 6 and 7. I
>>>> still can run Java applications outside of Eclipse, but not in Eclipse
>>>> any more. Further, if in Eclipse, I open Preferences and select Java>
>>>> "Installed JREs", the view is empty except of the following message:
>>>>
>>>>    "An error has occurred when creating this preference page."
>>>>
>>>>    A separate dialogue opens which says:
>>>>
>>>> "Unable to create the selected preference page.
>>>> An error occurred while automatically activating bundle
>>>> org.eclipse.jdt.debug.ui (162)."
>>>>
>>>>    The dialogue has a link to an error log, which says:
>>>>
>>>> java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Could not initialize class
>>>> com.ibm.icu.text.SimpleDateFormat
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogSession.setDate(LogSession.java:43)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogSession.processLogLine(LogSession.java:67)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogReader.parseLogFile(LogReader.java:94)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogView.readLogFile(LogView.java:811)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.views.log.LogView.createPartControl(LogView.java:171)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPartHelper(ViewReference.java:375)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.ViewReference.createPart(ViewReference.java:229)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPartReference.getPart(WorkbenchPartReference.java:595)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.Perspective.showView(Perspective.java:2245)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.busyShowView(WorkbenchPage.java:1145)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage$20.run(WorkbenchPage.java:3921)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.custom.BusyIndicator.showWhile(BusyIndicator.java:70)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3918)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.WorkbenchPage.showView(WorkbenchPage.java:3894)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.statushandlers.InternalDialog$7.widgetSelected(InternalDialog.java:970)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.TypedListener.handleEvent(TypedListener.java:240)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.EventTable.sendEvent(EventTable.java:84)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1258)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendEvent(Widget.java:1282)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.sendSelectionEvent(Widget.java:1396)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Link.gtk_button_release_event(Link.java:339)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Widget.windowProc(Widget.java:1732)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Control.windowProc(Control.java:5016)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.windowProc(Display.java:4408)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS._gtk_main_do_event(Native
>>>> Method)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.gtk_main_do_event(OS.java:8422)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.eventProc(Display.java:1245)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS._g_main_context_iteration(Native
>>>> Method)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.g_main_context_iteration(OS.java:2276)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3207)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runEventLoop(Workbench.java:2701)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.runUI(Workbench.java:2665)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$4(Workbench.java:2499)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$7.run(Workbench.java:679)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:668)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:149)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:123)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196)
>>>>          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:344)
>>>>          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:601)
>>>>          at
>>>> org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410)
>>>>          at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386)
>>>>
>>>>    Any idea what is going on?
>>>>
>>>>    Thanks!
>>>>
>>>>       Take care
>>>>       Oliver
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Scientific Developer at PanGenX (http://www.pangenx.com)
>>>>
>>>> "Stagnation and the search for truth are always opposites." - Nadezhda
>>>> Tolokonnikova
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scientific Developer at PanGenX (http://www.pangenx.com)
>>
>> "Stagnation and the search for truth are always opposites." - Nadezhda
>> Tolokonnikova



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