SQL Developer runs in Terminal with sudo sqldeveloper but not without sudo

Question

Can anyone help? Installed like here:

How to install SQL Developer on Ubuntu 14.04?

If I run:

sudo sqldeveloper

it starts and runs properly but if I run:

sqldeveloper

It wont start with any other error shown.

Are there missing rights for Sqldeveloper or Java. Where and how do I set them.

Any help appreciated, I am a Ubuntu noob.

Where do I find error logs?

Thank you...

Solution

Likely what happened is you ran sqldeveloper one time using sudo, which caused the configuration directory $HOME/.sqldeveloper to get owned by root. If so, you should be able to fix it by re-taking ownership of the directory, i.e.

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER ~/.sqldeveloper

or by simply deleting the directory

rm -rf ~/.sqldeveloper

Comments

[steeldriver]

Do you have a (hidden) "$HOME/.sqldeveloper" directory? if so, what are its ownership and permissions?

[user1786641]

yes it is hidden: drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Dez 29 15:00 .sqldeveloper

[user1786641]

thank you sudo changemod 777 .sqldeveloper worked although do not really understand what this directory is for and why it is not set properly

[steeldriver]

You should have changed the ownership not the permission bits - please see my answer below

[kkyr]

This should be chown, not chmod