Eclipse is not working

[terrysun]

Hi, guys
There is an error when i try run elicpse. It said "The custom VM you have chosen is not a valid executable" ? wht 's wrong ? Could anyone tell me how to fix this? Thanks!

[Hendrixski]

Are you sure that you have the correct version of the java runtime environment installed? That's pretty much a vm.

If you installed it from eclipse.org then I guess make sure you linked to the right executable (rather than just copying it or whatever).

Also, usually googling the error message gives you a solution to it.

[smartbei]

Other have been having issues with running eclipse and other java applications these last few days, due to the fact that they are running the GNU java runtime rather than the Sun java runtime. Try this:


sudo aptitude install sun-java6-jre


That line might be off by a bit - I am not next to my Ubuntu PC to check.

[ukripper]

Guide https://help.ubuntu.com/community/EclipseIDE