exit code 2 error in eclipse installation

Question

I wish to learn application development and have been trying to start up eclipse. I have installed jdk1.7.0_71, since jdk8 is not compatible. I have a windows-64 bit device and have installed 64 bit versions of both eclipse luna and jdk7. Initially it showed me exit code 13 error but after re installing all software it displays exit code 2. i also think the .dll file is missing from the downloaded package, even though I downloaded and extracted all files accurately. Please help. I have set the path for java as Path : C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.7.0_71\bin. Is this accurate?

Answer 1

I had the same issue and was trying to install different versions of JDK: 1.6, 1.7, 1.8.

It didn't help much.

The problem was resolved when I changed PATH variable by removing

C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;

In command prompt I also ran following commands:

set JAVA_HOME=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25
set PATH=C:\Program Files\Java\jdk1.8.0_25\bin;%PATH%

But I think the most important was to remove
C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath; from the PATH.

I think it might help u

Answer 2

You installed the latest JDK and so you need to point your eclipse configuration file to point to the latest JDK.

1) Open your eclipse.ini file which is in your installed eclipse folder.

2) Modify/Add the Java version to be your installed JDK version.

For example -

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20130327-1440.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.win32.win32.x86_1.1.200.v20130521-0416
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256M
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

The other thing is to look at the Java path of your environment variable which you set to be wrong one - Eclipse: JVM terminated. Exit code=2