eclipse doesn't work with ubuntu 16.04

Question

I just installed ubuntu 16.04 and downloaded eclipse and extracted. When i start eclipse the welcome page is empty.

When i start the eclipse marketplace nothing happens.

How to solve this issue?

The same here , just download `Eclipse Luna` not `Eclipse mars` it will work , hopefully.. — SeleM, Apr 24 '16 at 11:34
The same happens also for Ubuntu 16.04 and Eclipse Luna with the solutions below not working for JRE 8 — aloplop85, Jul 05 '16 at 14:21

score 60 · Accepted Answer · edited Apr 29 '16 at 03:47

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Try to start Eclipse after editing your eclipse.ini file and tweaking the launcher entry like this:

--launcher.GTK_version
2

Example file:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar
--launcher.GTK_version
2
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m

edited Apr 29 '16 at 03:47

Victor Lamoine

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answered Apr 26 '16 at 08:32

Peter

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I added this in the eclipse.ini and it worked. This worked from shell script too. – Asterios Raptis Apr 26 '16 at 11:54
Better than "tweak" I would use the term "add". I added the 2 lines to the eclipse.ini file and it worked. – Iker Jamardo Zugaza May 06 '16 at 05:49
Thank you! Had this issue today with xubuntu and the Xilinx SDK. – MasterD Oct 23 '16 at 17:55

score 16 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 24 '16 at 15:51

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It's probably due to the GTK 3 SWT implementation. Eclipse should work perfectly with GTK 2, but uses GTK 3 on recent ubuntu.

Do a test in the command line to verify it:

Disable GTK: export SWT_GTK3=0
Launch eclipse in the same session: eclipse

If it works, make it permanent. Locate eclipse.desktop and add:

Exec=env SWT_GTK3=0 eclipse

answered Apr 24 '16 at 15:51

Alberto Alvarellos

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Sorry it didn't work for you, but this advice worked for me. Before, my Eclipse (running on Ubuntu 16.04, using openjdk-8-jre) wasn't able to open windows like Window->Preferences or Help->Install New Software..., and options like Edit->Find/Replace... were greyed out in the menu, even while I was in an editor. Windows that were meant to popup at startup only appeared when I quit Eclipse. All this was fixed by setting SWT_GTK3=0, as above. – Stuart Caie Apr 25 '16 at 13:45
Fixed it it for me (Kubuntu 14.04). Thanks. – xenoid Feb 21 '17 at 16:13

score 9 · Answer 3 · edited Nov 01 '16 at 02:50

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Open eclipse.ini and add the following

--launcher.GTK_version
2

before --launcher.appendVmargs

edited Nov 01 '16 at 02:50

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answered Apr 26 '16 at 10:29

muammertuzun

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eclipse doesn't work with ubuntu 16.04

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