Public bug reported: Pops up a message box: An error has occurred. See the log file /home/kmatthews/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.8_155965261/configuration/1526503402759.log
The contents of the log file are: !SESSION Wed May 16 13:43:22 PDT 2018 ------------------------------------------ !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2018-05-16 13:43:22.775 !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform: !STACK java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter at java.base/java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:466) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:566) at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:499) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:626) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1414) If launched from the console, there is a single message displayed: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: Ignoring option MaxPermSize; support was removed in 8.0 Requested info: 1) $ lsb_release -rd Description: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS Release: 18.04 2) apt-cache policy eclipse-cdt eclipse-cdt: Installed: 8.6.0-2 Candidate: 8.6.0-2 Version table: *** 8.6.0-2 500 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic/universe i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status 3) I expect Eclipse to launch. 4) Eclipse begins to launch and then crashes and throws the above error message. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04 Package: eclipse-cdt 8.6.0-2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-20.21-generic 4.15.17 Uname: Linux 4.15.0-20-generic x86_64 ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7 Architecture: amd64 CurrentDesktop: XFCE Date: Wed May 16 13:40:28 2018 InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-04-28 (17 days ago) InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 18.04 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180426) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_US PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: eclipse-cdt UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: eclipse-cdt (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug bionic -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1771677 Title: Eclipse will not launch. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse-cdt/+bug/1771677/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs