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| Summary: | Update needs root privileges | ||
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| Product: | [Eclipse Project] Equinox | Reporter: | Missing name <lumitoro> |
| Component: | p2 | Assignee: | P2 Inbox <equinox.p2-inbox> |
| Status: | CLOSED WORKSFORME | QA Contact: | |
| Severity: | minor | ||
| Priority: | P3 | CC: | matthew, pascal, pwebster, remy.suen |
| Version: | 3.7 | ||
| Target Milestone: | --- | ||
| Hardware: | PC | ||
| OS: | Linux | ||
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Description
Missing name
We need more information about what you're doing, your setup and what error you see. Obviously if your user doesn't have permission to write to the directory then Eclipse will need to be a user that does. (In reply to comment #1) > We need more information about what you're doing, your setup and what error you > see. > > Obviously if your user doesn't have permission to write to the directory then > Eclipse will need to be a user that does. I'm sorry for having given almost no details. The eclipse version I have was downloaded from the indigo downloads webpage, I extracted the file into my home directory and created a link to the executable in my menu in order to run it. Executed eclipse and tried to update by clicking the "Check for Updates" in the "Help" menu and the error was the typical -> unable to.../context.xml... After trying some workarounds that I found on the web and other bug reports like this one https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=298515 I tried to sudo eclipse and it worked but I don't cherish the idea of running as root. I'm available to give any information and run any tests you need. Thanks for the fast reply. Hello. I forgot to mention that without root privileges anything that requires network access fails. My machine is not behind a firewall or proxy and all my web based apps work fine, Eclipse 3.5.2 Galileo also works fine, but Helios does not. Thanks. (In reply to comment #3) > Hello. > I forgot to mention that without root privileges anything that requires network > access fails. > My machine is not behind a firewall or proxy and all my web based apps work > fine, > Eclipse 3.5.2 Galileo also works fine, but Helios does not. > Thanks. Tried both: java-1.6.0-openjdk(latest from PPA); java-6-sun-1.6.0.26(natty repositories). Created attachment 202132 [details]
Error when checking for updates
Created attachment 202133 [details]
Error when trying to install new software
Created attachment 202134 [details]
Error on Startup (when plugin tries to check for updates, i guess)
Created attachment 202137 [details]
Error Log dumped after closing eclipse
Hello. Just installed openjdk-6-jdk and problem persists. Thanks (In reply to comment #9) > Hello. > Just installed openjdk-6-jdk and problem persists. > Thanks Correction: openjdk-7-jdk Sorry. (In reply to comment #10) > (In reply to comment #9) > > Hello. > > Just installed openjdk-6-jdk and problem persists. > > Thanks > > Correction: > openjdk-7-jdk > > Sorry. Same thing with sun-java7-sdk. My linux distro os ubuntu 11.04, by the way. I gess the last thing i have to try is another distro, lol. I can't speak for OpenJDK7, but update/install doesn't work on Oracle's Java7 and won't until 3.7.1 Otherwise all I can suggest is check the Eclipse error log (CTRL+3 and search for Error Log) The error on startup appears to be from a Google plugin. (In reply to comment #12) > I can't speak for OpenJDK7, but update/install doesn't work on Oracle's Java7 > and won't until 3.7.1 Otherwise all I can suggest is check the Eclipse error > log (CTRL+3 and search for Error Log) > > The error on start-up appears to be from a Google plug-in. The google plug-in error was just to show that other access to network is not working in my pc. Before I installed any plug-in the errors where the ones shown on the first and second attachment. Created attachment 202441 [details]
Log from error on update
Just installed Eclipse Indigo in a virtual machine with Ubuntu 11.04 and it worked out of the box. Probably the upgrade process in my machine messed up something that broke Eclipse 3.6 and 3.7(zip bundle, not package manager one). The strange thing is that Eclipse Galileo works fine :S, anyway, I give up on this bug. Thanks for your help. |