Eclipse JVM terminated exit code error

**najdorfchess** · June 24th, 2011

Hi all. I had a problem running eclipse IDE as I get the following error as shown in Screenshot-1. I already downloaded Sun Java JDK (now Oracle) from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/ja...ads/index.html

Also I have shown whats the default version of Java when I type in "java -version" and the contents in my /usr/lib/jvm directory.

I have no idea why I get this error. Someone kindly help me out.

**kagov** · June 24th, 2011

If this is on startup the problem may be that Eclipse is configured to use the wrong java version which may cause errors throughout the IDE causing the error you see.

**najdorfchess** · June 25th, 2011

Yes I get this error when I try to start the launcher. I also do think that eclipse has been configured for open jdk by default while I changed my default java to be Sun (Oracle) java, as you can see from screenshot 2. Can u suggest me how to change eclipse configuration on this? I tried deleting eclipse and download a fresh copy and installing it.. But the problem persists

**fballem** · June 25th, 2011

I don't use the version of Eclipse from the repositories. I don't know how comfortable you are with Linux and the command line, but the instructions on this page may prove helpful: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/fballem/Soft...ternal/eclipse
Regards,

**najdorfchess** · June 25th, 2011

Yes I have followed more or less similar path and I installed my eclipse in ~/opt/eclipse directory. But I still get the error. And I did check if eclipse has executable permissions. I guess the error has got something to do with eclipse unable to detect proper JDK in my system. When converting sun java as my default I followed instructions in this video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N3lNhkxcK5o

Someone kindly see through it and tell me if I have missed something. It's been more than 3 days since my eclipse was working and I'm missing it

**najdorfchess** · June 25th, 2011

Additional info:
Eclipse works fine if I change my default java via

"sudo update-alternatives --config java"

Do u recommend me reinstalling Sun java?

**fballem** · June 27th, 2011

I remember reading somewhere (can't find the source at the moment) that eclipse does have occasional issues with open jdk. My bad, I should have twigged earlier. Yes, you should be running the Sun Java if you are going to be using eclipse.

**najdorfchess** · June 28th, 2011

Yes thanks for ur reply.. What I did is to remove the jdk file from /usr/lib/ directory and then installed sun java via apt-get
And then changed sun jdk to be the default one.. It somehow worked

Also read that eclipse works the best with sun java 6. But im not expert at all

**fballem** · June 28th, 2011

If your problem is solved, may I suggest that you use the thread tools to mark it solved. That way, others who may be having the same problem can easily find your post.

Glad to have been of at least small help,