[news.eclipse.newcomer] Re: Error running eclipse on FC3 AMD64

[james.dimmock@xxxxxxxxx (James Dimmock)]

Many thanks Jeff, i installed the 64 bit edition of JDK 1.5 and eclipse 
now runs as expected (so far ;)).

James

Jeff Myers wrote:

> James,

> Make sure you're running with Sun's 64 bit linux JRE. I can tell you're 
> using a 32 bit JRE because Sun has only released a 64 bit version of JRE 
> 1.5 (and you're using 1.4.2)

> Hope this helps,

>   - Jeff

> James Dimmock wrote:
> > I can't seem to get eclipse running on Fedora Core 3 64 bit edition. 
> > When running I get an error and the log reads as follows:
> >
> > I have installed the java jdk 1.4.2_07 and the commands 'java' and 
> > 'javac' work from the terminal. The files that are supposedly 
> > non-existent do exist in the specified locations so i'm not sure why the 
> > error occurs. Do I need to install gtk / how do I verify whether I have 
> > it installed?
> >
> > !SESSION Feb 28, 2005 12:28:11.498 
> > ---------------------------------------------
> > eclipse.buildId=M200409161125
> > java.version=1.4.2_07
> > java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
> > BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=amd64, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB
> >
> > !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi Feb 28, 2005 12:28:11.499
> > !MESSAGE Application error
> > !STACK 1
> > java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: 
/home/jamesdi/Downloads/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.swt.gtk64_3.0.1/os/linux/amd64/libswt-pi-gtk-3063.so: 
> >
/home/jamesdi/Downloads/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.swt.gtk64_3.0.1/os/linux/amd64/libswt-pi-gtk-3063.so: 
> > cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
> >     at java.lang.ClassLoader$NativeLibrary.load(Native Method)
> >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary0(ClassLoader.java:1586)
> >     at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadLibrary(ClassLoader.java:1495)
> >     at java.lang.Runtime.loadLibrary0(Runtime.java:788)
> >     at java.lang.System.loadLibrary(System.java:834)
> >     at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:100)
> >     at org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.OS.<clinit>(OS.java:19)
> >     at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63)
> >     at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54)
> >     at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:118)
> >
> >     at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:268)
> >     at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:153)
> >     at 
org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:122) 
> >     at 
> > org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.IDEApplication.run(IDEApplication.java:72)
> >     at 
org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.PlatformActivator$1.run(PlatformActivator.java:335) 
> >     at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:273) 
> >     at 
org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:129) 
> >     at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
> >     at 
sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:39) 
> >     at 
sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:25) 
> >     at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:324)
> >     at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:185)
> >     at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:704)
> >     at org.eclipse.core.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:688