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Bug 321787

Summary: Eclipse Classic 3.6.0 - Eclipse.exe will not launch/install, cannot find/associate with JDK
Product: [Technology] EPP Reporter: kristophereager
Component: InstallerAssignee: Project Inbox <epp.installer-inbox>
Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX QA Contact:
Severity: major    
Priority: P3 CC: jonah, melissa, mknauer, wayne.beaton
Version: unspecified   
Target Milestone: 1.3.0   
Hardware: PC   
OS: Windows 7   
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Description kristophereager CLA 2010-08-04 15:33:32 EDT
Created attachment 175880 [details]
screenshot of launch error

When initially launching Eclipse.exe, launcher fails to find or associate with the JDK application file. Launch fails as a result.
Comment 1 Markus Knauer CLA 2011-05-20 12:06:43 EDT
Okay, it's a very old bug... but... are you sure that you have a Java VM installed and its location is reachable from your PATH?
Or try to open a console and type in 'java'. If that doesn't show any results, it is very likely that you need to make java available first.

I will close the bug the next time I am going through the list of open bugs, unless you state that the error still exists and you can send us more details (e.g. a log file, ...) about the error. Thanks.
Comment 2 Melissa Taylor CLA 2014-12-17 14:47:24 EST
Housekeeping.
Comment 3 Wayne Beaton CLA 2014-12-17 14:59:24 EST
(In reply to Melissa Taylor from comment #2)
> Housekeeping.

Undo. Melissa is learning the ropes and closed this by accident.
Comment 4 Markus Knauer CLA 2014-12-17 15:13:35 EST
(In reply to Wayne Beaton from comment #3)
> (In reply to Melissa Taylor from comment #2)
> > Housekeeping.
> 
> Undo. Melissa is learning the ropes and closed this by accident.

Welcome!

Reading through my comment #1 this bug could really be closed as wontfix or cannot reproduce.
Comment 5 Jonah Graham CLA 2021-05-07 10:12:06 EDT
The Installer component of EPP is no longer under any active development. The Eclipse installer available today is provided by the Oopmh project, see
https://eclipse.org/oomph. Therefore any remaining bugs are now being closed as WONTFIX. If this bug is still relevant, please make a comment and we'll move it to the correct project/component for further investigation.

This change was made as part of a bulk change.