problem running eclipse on ubuntu?
Solution 1
You need to install either the openjdk-7-jre
or oracle-java7-jre
package.
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Note that openjdk-7-jre
is easier to install, because it's available via the standard Ubuntu repository, whereas you have to build oracle-java7-jre
yourself using java-package
.
Solution 2
If you allready installed java** you need to add the Java-Path to your eclipse.ini
in my case it's located at:
/usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse.ini
there you need to add direct under the "openFile" statement, where you replace the path with your java path:
-vm
/usr/lib/jvm/java-7-openjdk/bin/java //!replace with your path to java!
** check wether java is installed by typing the commands
java -version
or
javac -version
If you are sure that java is installed, but it's not found you may have multiple versions installed, check that by:
sudo update-alternatives --config java
and select installation first
Solution 3
I solved it by created a symbolic link java
in /usr/bin
that points to the VM.
Steps :
Downloaded the appropriate version of Oracle's JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=otnjp
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extract it to any folder. For example :
tar zxvf ~/Downloads/jdk-8u5-linux-x64.tar.gz ~/DEV
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create symbolic link with name
java
:cd /usr/bin
ln -s ~/DEV/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/java java
Solution 4
You need to add the JDK to your PATH.
This link should help you get started.
Solution 5
You need to install the JDK or OpenJDK (Eclipse only officially supports the former, but the latter mostly works).
Comments
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Awan over 4 years
I downloaded eclipse on ubuntu. But when I run it it show following error.
A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK) must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine was found after searching the following locations: /home/awan/eclipse/jre/bin/java java in your current PATH
Can someone help me to solve this. I don't have experience about this on ubuntu.
thanks