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SDK Known Issues
Revision as of 09:14, 10 September 2007 by Denis.roy.eclipse-foundation.org (Talk | contribs)
Contents
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 Jave (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 or IBM JVM be used instead.