Eclipse can't run Java after recent update on Ubuntu
Attila-Mihaly Balazs
dify.ltd at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 12:21:36 UTC 2012
ATM I'm assuming this is an Ubuntu/Debian issue (disclaimer: I didn't
dig into the source code to confirm this) and the bug filled on
Launchpad should take care of it. I'm just crossposting so that anyone
Google-ing the problem has multiple chances of finding the solution.
Attila
On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 3:13 PM, Donald Smith <donald.smith at oracle.com> wrote:
> Forgive my ignorance here, but would someone best characterize this as (a) a
> general OpenJDK issue, (b) a Ubuntu build specific issue or (c) an Eclipse
> issue?
>
> I.e., where should we file the bug so future users don't hit this? ;)
>
> - Don
>
>
> On 13/09/2012 7:54 AM, Attila-Mihaly Balazs wrote:
>>
>> 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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