Bug 182253 - cannot install Eclipse on Windows
Summary: cannot install Eclipse on Windows
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: Platform
Classification: Eclipse Project
Component: Runtime (show other bugs)
Version: 3.2.2   Edit
Hardware: PC Windows XP
: P3 normal (vote)
Target Milestone: ---   Edit
Assignee: platform-runtime-inbox CLA
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Reported: 2007-04-12 21:43 EDT by Vladimir Kuznetsov CLA
Modified: 2007-04-18 15:37 EDT (History)
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Description Vladimir Kuznetsov CLA 2007-04-12 21:43:01 EDT 
Cannot start eclipse.exe.

I downloaded 3.2 zip for eclipse.
Unzipped it into C:\Program Files\eclipse

Now when I click on eclipse.exe (trying to start it) I get this:

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!SESSION Thu Apr 12 18:38:59 PDT 2007 ------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.launcher 4 0 2007-04-12 18:38:59.93
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.RuntimeException: Could not find framework
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.getBootPath(Main.java:639)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:274)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:977)
	at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:952)

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What did I do wrong?

Thanks in advance.

I gues it should be something stupid, so, please, send responce to my e-mail address.

vlad
Comment 1 Alex Blewitt CLA 2007-04-13 06:38:45 EDT 
Does the same thing occur if you install it somewhere else e.g. a path without a space in it?
Comment 2 John Arthorne CLA 2007-04-16 18:04:50 EDT 
You'll need to give more details to go on - this works for most people.  Did you unzip on top of a previous version of Eclipse? What did you download - the Eclipse SDK?
Comment 3 Vladimir Kuznetsov CLA 2007-04-17 03:56:36 EDT 
(In reply to comment #2)
> You'll need to give more details to go on - this works for most people.  Did
> you unzip on top of a previous version of Eclipse? What did you download - the
> Eclipse SDK?
> 

John,

thanks for coming back to me.

Yes. I downloaded Eclipse SDK. Also I found previous version of Eclipse (version 3.2) installed. I remember that I installed it about 6 months ago. This installation works fine.

But I would like to move to a latest version. 

Does it mean that I cannot have two versions on my machine?

Thanks.

vlad
Comment 4 John Arthorne CLA 2007-04-17 16:24:06 EDT 
You can have two versions on your machine, but you cannot unzip a new version directly on top of an old version. You need to unzip the new version into an empty directory. See the file eclipse/readme/readme_eclipse.html for more information on how to upgrade between releases (or readme file on build download page).
Comment 5 DJ Houghton CLA 2007-04-18 15:37:21 EDT 
Closing. Please re-open if you are able to provide more information to help us track down your problem. Thanks.