2019 Eclipse not working on Acer Chromebook R13, Linux Debian 9 Stretch
by kattmish from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4QE1V)
Hello!
I've been using Linux for a whopping 2 weeks now, just going through the basics trying to set up my laptop to learn Java. I enabled Linux on the laptop and have been using the terminal to do most everything.
The issues have been occurring when I try to install Eclipse. If I do it with the basic 'sudo apt-get install eclipse', it will download fine, and then after extracting it, it will create a shortcut in the 'Linux apps' icon on the Chromebook desktop, and I can open and use it from there.
It seems like that's the 2012 version, so I'd like to get the 2019 version set up in the same way.
So, here's what's been happening:
Downloaded the JDK no problem, both 'java -version' and 'javac -version' report that everything is where it should be.
I'll use 'wget XXXXX.tar.gz' to download Eclipse, I've tried like 4 or 5 different ones that are listed as the 2019 versions. Each time they download fine, and then I'll extract them with 'tar -xvzf XXXXXXX.tar.gz' and they extract fine. I've done it to several different directories with no issue.
When I try to run it, from any different place I install it, I get the same result:
kattmish@penguin:~/workspace/eclipse$ eclipse
bash: eclipse: command not found
I also tried using Nano to create a desktop shortcut, which worked as far as creating an actual icon, but it just sits in limbo opening forever and does nothing when I double click on it.
Any thoughts on why this won't work?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Matt
I've been using Linux for a whopping 2 weeks now, just going through the basics trying to set up my laptop to learn Java. I enabled Linux on the laptop and have been using the terminal to do most everything.
The issues have been occurring when I try to install Eclipse. If I do it with the basic 'sudo apt-get install eclipse', it will download fine, and then after extracting it, it will create a shortcut in the 'Linux apps' icon on the Chromebook desktop, and I can open and use it from there.
It seems like that's the 2012 version, so I'd like to get the 2019 version set up in the same way.
So, here's what's been happening:
Downloaded the JDK no problem, both 'java -version' and 'javac -version' report that everything is where it should be.
I'll use 'wget XXXXX.tar.gz' to download Eclipse, I've tried like 4 or 5 different ones that are listed as the 2019 versions. Each time they download fine, and then I'll extract them with 'tar -xvzf XXXXXXX.tar.gz' and they extract fine. I've done it to several different directories with no issue.
When I try to run it, from any different place I install it, I get the same result:
kattmish@penguin:~/workspace/eclipse$ eclipse
bash: eclipse: command not found
I also tried using Nano to create a desktop shortcut, which worked as far as creating an actual icon, but it just sits in limbo opening forever and does nothing when I double click on it.
Any thoughts on why this won't work?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thank you!
Matt