Problem with eclipse startup

[Sylvain Archenault <sylvain.archenault@laposte.net>]

Hello,

I upgrade today to eclipse-3.1.1-7, and I have a problem to make eclipse
start.

Here is the output :

/usr/bin/eclipse
searching for compatible vm...
  testing /usr/lib/jvm/java-gcj...found

Then I have this error :
A suitable Java Virtual Machine for running the Eclipse Platform could
not be located.

After looking at the script (/usr/bin/eclipse),I found the part
corresponding to the error, and the error it's due to $JAVA_HOME which
is not set.

It's set just before, when the script look for installed jvm :

# If the user has not set JAVA_HOME, cycle through our list of
compatible VM's
# and pick the first one that exists.
if [ -z "${JAVA_HOME}" ]; then
    echo "searching for compatible vm..."
    cat /etc/eclipse/java_home | grep -v '^#' | grep -v '^$' | \
    while read JAVA_HOME; do
        echo -n "  testing ${JAVA_HOME}..."
        if [ -x "${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" ]; then
            export JAVA_HOME
            echo "found"
            break
        else
            echo "not found"
        fi
    done
fi

So I'm not used with shell script and variable exporting, but I suspect
$JAVA_HOME is only set within the loop. When I echo $JAVA_HOME in the if
statement, it's ok, but after the variable is empty.

I do not have this problem with the previous eclipse version (3.1.1-6).

Thanks.



-- 
Sylvain Archenault

Attachment: signature.asc
Description: OpenPGP digital signature