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SDK Known Issues

Revision as of 12:03, 27 September 2007 by John arthorne.ca.ibm.com (Talk | contribs) (Eclipse using GCJ)

Installing

I downloaded and extracted the ZIP file - how do I install Eclipse?

You don't need to install Eclipse. In the extracted folder, simply double-click the eclipse.exe executable file.


Windows issues

I am prompted for a password when extracting the ZIP file

This is a known issue with the Windows extraction utility. Try using a third-party extraction tool:


Extracting the ZIP file fails

This is a known issue with the Windows extraction utility. Try using a third-party extraction tool:

Also, you can try extracting the ZIP file to c:\eclipse.


Linux issues

Eclipse using GCJ

Most Linux distributions ship with the GNU Compiler for Java (GCJ). Although Eclipse is known to run on GCJ, it is not a reference platform for Eclipse, and therefore it is not tested. It is recommended that a Sun, IBM, or BEA JVM be used instead. See also the Eclipse platform 3.3 reference platforms list.

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