Eclipse: all main menus empty

Question

I use Eclipse Kepler on Ubuntu, which I downloaded and installed separately in /usr/local/eclipse

Last night I upgraded from Ubuntu 13.04 to 13.10, and today all menus (File, ..., Help) are empty. I don't know whether this is a coincidence or has to do with the upgrade. It should not, because I hadn't used the version from Ubuntu's repositories.

$ java -version java version "1.7.0_25" OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea 2.3.12) (7u25-2.3.12-4ubuntu3) OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 23.7-b01, mixed mode)

I already tried using a different (empty) workspace and deleting the $HOME/.eclipse directory, but this doesn't help.

Is there any hope I can get the menus back without purging and re-installing the whole thing?

What do you mean "empty"? Is the size of the menu 1x1 pixel or are they the usual site but you can't see any text? — Aaron Digulla, Nov 07 '13 at 13:14
I actually encoutered the same problem on ubuntu 13.10 with Kepler. — benzonico, Nov 07 '13 at 13:16
@Aaron Digulla Because describing is difficult I put a little screenshot on my webspace: http://plausibolo.de/tmp/eclipse-empty-menus.png The "Project" menu has been selected. — Holger Jakobs, Nov 07 '13 at 13:28
@benzonico Have you found a solution for yourself or did you re-install? — Holger Jakobs, Nov 07 '13 at 13:29
Duplicate of http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19452390/menus-dont-show-up-after-upgrading-to-ubuntu-13-10 — greg-449, Nov 07 '13 at 13:36

score 5 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 07 '13 at 13:38

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http://tpbapp.com/android-development/fix-the-ubuntu-13-10-update-eclipse-menu-problem/ answers the question. It seems to be a common problem, which actually should be solved automatically.

answered Nov 07 '13 at 13:38

Holger Jakobs

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score 4 · Answer 2 · edited Mar 29 '19 at 07:52

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I tried this solution but it didn't work for me. I found another solution in this post. It was posted by Robert (the last post).

I added:

Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/user/Development/eclipse/eclipse

Terminal=false

into the file eclipse.desktop located in:

/home/user/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

edited Mar 29 '19 at 07:52

Sankalp Kotewar

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answered Feb 06 '14 at 21:33

thekingtn

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Eclipse: all main menus empty

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