Specific Eclipse (for college)

[Trevor3443]

My college requires us to use their specific version of Eclipse which can be found at this site: http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/eclipse/install.php (direct link to package: http://web-cat.cs.vt.edu/eclipse/dis...1-linux.tar.gz )

They provide a tar.gz file containing their customizations, but within it it is missing a configurations file that is needed to use the ./configure command when installing from source. (I was following this guide: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/CompilingEasyHowTo ) [[It does have a configurations folder, but it still didn't work]]

When I looked at the extracted contents though, it seems like it has already been compiled, but when I click on the eclipse executable nothing happens visually.

Picture of this file:


I have Googled my way around for three hours on this subject, and finally am throwing in the towel. I am trying to get away from Windows in general, so I'll keep on trying till I get it working.

Thanks.

[edit: I know little to nothing about Linux, but plan to learn more as I use it. Any of the terms used above may be wrong!]
[edit: uploaded a picture]

[Nytram]

Try executing it from the terminal and noting the error message.

[Trevor3443]

Try executing it from the terminal and noting the error message.

to run a something its just ./ then eclipse right?
If so this is what I get:



And if I cant get it working, and is a good eclipse alternative for Java?

[djeikyb]

Yes, running ./eclipse is how you start it. You might try "strace ./eclipse". Post the output here as a file, or at least the last several lines.

[Nytram]

That's strange, it not giving an error message. I'm not sure what the problem is.

A good alternative IDE for Java is Netbeans, which can be easily installed via the Software Centre.