How to Install Eclipse?

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  1. asvaldr

    asvaldr New Member

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    Hi Guys,

    I'm trying to get eclipse (CDT) installed and can't get it to go. Does anyone know how?

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    I've Tried

    1. sudo apt-get install eclipse won't work; it gives
    Since i only want eclipse for C++ and i don't want any java crap; installing them wouldn't help? Shouldn't it install any needed dependacies anyway?

    2. Downloading manually can't get it to start.
    i. I downloaded and placed it into the home folder.
    ii. I've then added the following lines to the eclipse.ini (to live above -vmargs)to point it to the jvm and it still won't start
    I tried all sorts of paths for that java and no love.


    After exhaustive googling and attempts i couldn't get either to start.

    NOTE: I'm doing this to use eclipse with OpenCV; i've gotten openCV to compile and once i get an example working with eclipse i'll be posting up a step by step to help others. So when i get this solved keep an eye out for that on these forums.
     
  2. mkopack

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    Eclipse is written in java. You HAVE to have java to get it to run.
     
  3. asvaldr

    asvaldr New Member

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    Thanks. The udoo comes with java open-jdk.
    But are you saying I must install eclipse-jdt package aswell?
     
  4. mkopack

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    Dunno, and until mine arrives I can't really help any more than that.

    There is always netbeans as an alternative. It supports C/C++ and it is 100% written in java. I got that to boot up on a raspi so it should work on a Udoo.

    I just hope we can get an actual oracle jDK to use at some point. OpenjDK is DOG slow.
     
  5. asvaldr

    asvaldr New Member

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    Today I was trying to use synaptic package manager to install Eclipse. It kept coming up as a broken package due to dependencies; which I kept chasing but it would dead end saying the package was unknown. ....
     
  6. miousername

    miousername New Member

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    Hi,

    which are the broken dependecies?

    Which is the error that sto the installation?

    Maybe you have to add some missing repository
     
  7. asvaldr

    asvaldr New Member

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    Its a massive chain...
    starting with trying to "eclipse"
    errors off "eclipse-jdt" and "eclipse-pde"
    then jdt fails on "eclipse-platform" and "eclipse-plugin-cvs"

    and...on and on....
     
  8. renevanderlende

    renevanderlende New Member

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    I wanted to install Eclipse too, but I read in some forum (can't remember which, sorry) that Eclipse on Linux is a massive memory eater, maybe think twice before installing.
    Also, there may be Eclipse stability issues: I find 3.7.2 (Indigo) on windows quite stable, while 4.2 and 4.3 (used by Google as base for Android Studio) crash regularly with vague errors. Dunno about a 3.7 /3.5 mix as found in the Linux packages....
     

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