<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:times new roman,new york,times,serif;font-size:12pt"><div>Hi Ray,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Thanks for the reply.&nbsp; I tried that, but it just crashes on startup<br>(in typical java fashion spewing 100 lines to the screen and 1100<br>to the error log), I can't make heads or tails of it (besides, nobody<br>expects to debut a serious product like this right out of the box.)<br>FWIW, here's the lines from the screen and a few of the lines from <br>the error log.&nbsp; Thanks - Ed<br><br>bongo:~&gt; /opt/eclipse/eclipse<br>org.osgi.framework.BundleException: State change in progress for bundle "reference:file:plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.reconciler.dropins_1.0.0.v20080611.jar" by thread "Start Level Event Dispatcher".<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.java:1144)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at
 org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.uninstall(AbstractBundle.java:833)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.simpleconfigurator.ConfigApplier.uninstallBundles(ConfigApplier.java:360)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.simpleconfigurator.ConfigApplier.install(ConfigApplier.java:68)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.simpleconfigurator.SimpleConfiguratorImpl.applyConfiguration(SimpleConfiguratorImpl.java:124)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.simpleconfigurator.SimpleConfiguratorImpl.applyConfiguration(SimpleConfiguratorImpl.java:138)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.ProfileSynchronizer.applyConfiguration(ProfileSynchronizer.java:375)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.ProfileSynchronizer.synchronize(ProfileSynchronizer.java:105)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at
 org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.Activator.synchronize(Activator.java:402)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.reconciler.dropins.Activator.start(Activator.java:161)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$2.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1009)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.81)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.startActivator(BundleContextImpl.java:1003)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.start(BundleContextImpl.java:984)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.startWorker(BundleHost.java:346)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.resume(AbstractBundle.java:355)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.resumeBundle(Framework.java:1074)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at
 org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.resumeBundles(StartLevelManager.java:616)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.incFWSL(StartLevelManager.java:508)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.doSetStartLevel(StartLevelManager.java:299)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.StartLevelManager.dispatchEvent(StartLevelManager.java:489)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager.dispatchEvent(EventManager.java:211)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.eventmgr.EventManager$EventThread.run(EventManager.java:321)<br>Caused by: org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle$BundleStatusException<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.beginStateChange(AbstractBundle.java:1144)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; ...22
 more<br>-------------------------------<br><br>root@bongo:/home/edbrown/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.4.0_1473617060/configuration# more 1221069352918.log<br>!SESSION 2008-09-10 18:55:52.294 -----------------------------------------------<br>eclipse.buildId=I20080617-2000<br>java.fullversion=GNU libgcj 4.2.3 (Ubuntu 4.2.3-2ubuntu6)<br>BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB<br>Command-line arguments:&nbsp; -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86<br><br>!ENTRY org.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility 4 0 2008-09-10 18:56:58.416<br>!MESSAGE<br>!STACK 0<br>org.osgi.framework.BundleException: Exception in org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.CompatibilityActivator.stop() of bundle org<br>.eclipse.core.runtime.compatibility.<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:1066)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleHost.stopWorker(BundleHost.java:457)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at
 org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.AbstractBundle.suspend(AbstractBundle.java:531)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.Framework.suspendBundle(Framework.java:1104)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.PackageAdminImpl.suspendBundle(PackageAdminImpl.java:280)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.PackageAdminImpl.processDelta(PackageAdminImpl.java:415)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.PackageAdminImpl.doResolveBundles(PackageAdminImpl.java:223)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.PackageAdminImpl$1.run(PackageAdminImpl.java:162)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.lang.Thread.run(libgcj.so.81)<br>Caused by: java.lang.IllegalStateException<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.CompatibilityHelper.getPluginDescriptor(CompatibilityHelper.java:59)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at
 org.eclipse.core.internal.plugins.CompatibilityActivator.stop(CompatibilityActivator.java:28)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl$3.run(BundleContextImpl.java:1050)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(libgcj.so.81)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.osgi.framework.internal.core.BundleContextImpl.stop(BundleContextImpl.java:1046)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; ...8 more<br>Root exception:<br>java.lang.IllegalStateException<br>&nbsp;&nbsp; at org.eclipse.core.internal.runtime.CompatibilityHelper.getPluginDescriptor(CompatibilityHelper.java:59)<br>...<br><br><br></div><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;"><br><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Ray Lischner &lt;linux@tempest-sw.com&gt;<br>To: calug@unknownlamer.org<br>Sent: Wednesday, September 10, 2008 4:35:39 AM<br>Subject: Re: [CALUG]
 Eclipse 3.4 with CDT 5.0?<br><br>
On Tuesday 09 September 2008 03:38 pm, Ed Browne wrote:<br><br>&gt; Has anyone sucessfully installed Eclipse 3.4 with CDT5.0?<br><br>I simply went to the Downloads page and chose Eclipse IDE for C/C++<br>Developers. The file is eclipse-cpp-ganymede-linux-gtk.tar.gz. I simply<br>untared it in /opt, and I can run /opt/eclipse/eclipse just fine.<br><br>I did NOT try to update Europa.<br>--<br>Ray Lischner<br><br><br>_______________________________________________<br>CALUG mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org" href="mailto:CALUG@unknownlamer.org">CALUG@unknownlamer.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug" target="_blank">http://lists.unknownlamer.org/listinfo/calug</a><br></div></div></div><br>

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