Eclipse can't run Java after recent update on Ubuntu
Attila-Mihaly Balazs
dify.ltd at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 11:54:34 UTC 2012
Thank you Mario!
Yes, the tzdata reinstall fixes it too. For further reference you can
reinstall it with:
sudo apt-get --reinstall install tzdata-java
I'm going to update the launchpad bug now:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openjdk-6/+bug/1047762
Regards,
Attila
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Mario Torre
<neugens.limasoftware at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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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