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FAQ Does Eclipse run on any Linux distribution?
Eclipse should work fine on any Linux distribution that has GTK+ 2.2.1 and higher—SWT is based on GTK2—and a 1.4 JRE. Motif versions require Open Motif 2.1, which is included in the Eclipse distribution. Although the Motif distribution has performance comparable to Windows, its clunky appearance makes GTK the widely preferred choice on Linux.
However, the Eclipse development teams are able to perform thorough testing only on a limited set of platforms. Consult the release notes included with each Eclipse build for a detailed list of officially supported platforms. As of June 2004, this list included the platforms in Table 2.1.
Portability of Eclipse is defined mainly by the underlying Java runtime—Eclipse 3.0 needs
a Java 1.4 runtime—and by what platform SWT runs on;
namely, all graphical UI in Eclipse
are based on SWT. Table 2.1 lists various standard Java runtimes. However, earlier
versions of Eclipse have also been
compiled with gcj
(http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/eclipse-gnome-gij.png) and even made to run on .Net, using IKVM on the CLR or Mono through the amazing
work of Jeroen Frijters.
For any given Eclipse build, the supported platforms are listed in the readme file included with the download (readme_eclipse.html in the readme directory).
See Also:
The Eclipse download site (http://eclipse.org/downloads)
IKVM (http://www.ikvm.net)
| Operating System | Processor | Desktop | Java 2 Platform |
| Microsoft Windows XP | Intel x86 | Win32 | Sun Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, version 1.4.2_03 |
| Microsoft Windows XP | Intel x86 | Win32 |
|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 | Intel x86 | GTK | Sun Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, 1.4.2_03 for Linux x86 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS 3 | Intel x86 | GTK | IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, version 1.4.1 |
| SuSE Linux 8.2 | Intel x86 | GTK | Sun Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, 1.4.2_03 for Linux x86 |
| SuSE Linux 8.2 | Intel x86 | GTK | IBM 32-bit SDK for Linux on Intel architecture, Java 2 Technology Edition, version 1.4.1 |
| Sun Solaris 8 | SPARC | Motif | Sun Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, 1.4.2_03 |
| HP HP-UX 11i | hp9000
|
Motif | HP-UX SDK for the Java 2 platform, version 1.4.2.00 |
| IBM AIX 5L version 5.2 | PowerPC | Motif |
|
| Apple Mac OS X 10.3 | PowerPC | Carbon | Java 2 Standard Edition 1.4.1 for Mac OS X |
| QNX Neutrino RTOS | Intel x86 | Photon | IBM J9 VM for QNX |
Table 2.1 The Eclipse Reference Platforms