On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 9:39 PM Roberto C. Sánchez <robe...@debian.org> wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 17, 2018 at 09:28:55PM -0500, Kent West wrote: > > westk@westkent64:~$ > > i A eclipse-jdt - Eclipse Java Development Tools (JDT) > > i A eclipse-pde - Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE) > > i A eclipse-platform - Eclipse platform without development plug-ins > > i A eclipse-platform-data - Eclipse platform without development > plug-ins > > (data) > (SNIP) > > westk@westkent64:~$ java --version > > openjdk 11 2018-09-25 > > OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11+28-Debian-3) > > OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11+28-Debian-3, mixed mode, sharing) > > Any help would be appreciated. > > Kent, > > The Eclipse JDT package in Sid (version 3.8) came out nearly 6.5 years > ago! I doubt it if it will work with Java 11 and I would even be > surprised if it worked with Java 8. > > Sadly, Eclipse is one piece of software that I have just never been able > to find a satisfactory setup based on Debian packages. I recommend you > download the binary tarball from upstream, untar it in /opt and work > with it from there. > > Regards, > > -Roberto > > -- > Roberto C. Sánchez > > Thanks for your response, Roberto. That helps. I purged all I could find of Eclipse, and then downloaded their installer from the eclipse.org website, and then their "Eclipse IDE for Java Developers", and with a little trial-and-error (their tutorial was a bit unclear), got a working "Hello, World" program. It's a start. I do feel a little tainted, going outside of the Debian repositories for software. But I understand that in the world of Free Software, there's not always a volunteer available to maintain a package. This moves me forward. Thanks! -- Kent West <")))>< Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
