Public bug reported: If a user uses oracle java 7 (currently in a webupd8 ppa) and tries to load eclipse, an error similar to that below occurs (as described here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10165693/ubuntu-eclipse-cannot-load- swt-libraries-not-opening)
The problem is that the SWT libraries are not located in "/usr/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/" (or "/usr/.swt/lib/linux/x86") but in "/usr/lib/jni/" and eclipse doesn't look for them hard enough, and then complains it can't find them. The workaround is to create a symbolic link (for 32 bit) ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86/ And on 64 bit: ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/ or to use "sudo update-alternatives --config java" and select to use the openjdk version. !SESSION 2012-04-15 21:05:46.902 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=I20110613-1736 java.version=1.7.0 java.vendor=Oracle Corporation BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2012-04-15 21:05:47.885 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons: no swt-gtk-3740 in java.library.path no swt-gtk in java.library.path Can't load library: /home/tom/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/libswt-gtk-3740.so Can't load library: /home/tom/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/libswt-gtk.so at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:285) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:194) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:21) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:132) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:695) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:161) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:153) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:95) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386) ** Affects: eclipse (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Description changed: If a user uses oracle java 7 (currently in a webupd8 ppa) and tries to load eclipse, an error similar to that below occurs (as described here http://stackoverflow.com/questions/10165693/ubuntu-eclipse-cannot-load- swt-libraries-not-opening) - - The problem is that the SWT libraries are not located in "/usr/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/" but in "/usr/lib/jni/" and eclipse doesn't look for them hard enough, and then complains it can't find them. - + The problem is that the SWT libraries are not located in + "/usr/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/" (or "/usr/.swt/lib/linux/x86") but in + "/usr/lib/jni/" and eclipse doesn't look for them hard enough, and then + complains it can't find them. The workaround is to create a symbolic link (for 32 bit) ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86/ And on 64 bit: ln -s /usr/lib/jni/libswt-* ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/ - - or to use "sudo update-alternatives --config java" and select to use the openjdk version. - + or to use "sudo update-alternatives --config java" and select to use the + openjdk version. !SESSION 2012-04-15 21:05:46.902 ----------------------------------------------- eclipse.buildId=I20110613-1736 java.version=1.7.0 java.vendor=Oracle Corporation BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64 !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2012-04-15 21:05:47.885 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 - java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons: + java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons: no swt-gtk-3740 in java.library.path no swt-gtk in java.library.path Can't load library: /home/tom/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/libswt-gtk-3740.so Can't load library: /home/tom/.swt/lib/linux/x86_64/libswt-gtk.so at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:285) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:194) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:21) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63) at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:132) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:695) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:161) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:153) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:95) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:344) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:622) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:577) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1410) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1386) -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1050455 Title: Eclipse doesn't look for SWT libraries properly To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1050455/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs