Eclipse fails to run

Question

I've installed Scala IDE plugin and tweaked eclipse.ini file according to their suggestions here. For some reason eclipse gets upset about that and errors on launch.

It seems to work if I comment out single line:

-vmargs

I don't understand, what's the problem here?

This is my eclipse.ini file:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20130327-1440.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20130807-1835
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
-vmargs
-Xms256m
-Xmx2048m
-XX:PermSize=64m
-Xss1M
-server
-XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

This is the message I get when eclipse fails to launch:

error message

UPDATE: Eclipse version: 4.3 (Kepler) 64bit, Ubuntu version: 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) 64bit, Java version: Oracle 1.7_40 64bit

UPDATE2: Including my configuration/config.ini:

#This configuration file was written by: org.eclipse.equinox.internal.frameworkadmin.equinox.EquinoxFwConfigFileParser
#Mon Oct 14 19:30:48 BST 2013
org.eclipse.update.reconcile=false
eclipse.p2.profile=epp.package.jee
osgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/workspace
osgi.framework=file\:plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.9.1.v20130814-1242.jar
equinox.use.ds=true
eclipse.buildId=4.3.0.M20130911-1000
osgi.bundles=reference\:file\:org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator_1.0.400.v20130327-2119.jar@1\:start
org.eclipse.swt.internal.gtk.useCairo=true
org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator.configUrl=file\:org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info
eclipse.product=org.eclipse.platform.ide
osgi.splashPath=platform\:/base/plugins/org.eclipse.platform
osgi.framework.extensions=reference\:file\:org.eclipse.equinox.weaving.hook_1.0.200.v20120524-1707.jar
osgi.bundles.defaultStartLevel=4
eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench
eclipse.p2.data.area=@config.dir/../p2/

UPDATE3: I run eclipse from it's folder in command line like this: gksudo ./eclipse &. I have to run it as a root because otherwise there is a bug that disables main menu dropdowns. which eclipse gives me nothing, probably because I just downloaded/unpacked it directly from eclipse.org and there is no command associated with it.

How did you install Eclipse exactly? And I see you're using Ubuntu 13.10 - this hasn't been released yet. — gertvdijk, Oct 14 '13 at 20:29
I see two problems: You have duplicate entries namely '-vmargs', '-Xms...' and '-Xmx...' but eclipse should still run with those (fix it anyway). The real kicker is the last entry in the dialog "-jar /home/..." This shouldn't be there. I bet this comes from the starter script which calls eclipse. Please post it in your question. — MadMike, Oct 14 '13 at 21:09
@MadMike I've included `configuration/config.ini` - is that what you meant? The starter file is binary, it's just called `eclipse` — Caballero, Oct 15 '13 at 06:38
do you get the same error when you open a terminal a start it with the command `eclipse`? What is the output of `which eclipse`? — MadMike, Oct 15 '13 at 06:52
[Disabling your global menu](http://askubuntu.com/questions/10481/how-do-i-disable-the-global-application-menu) for eclipse might give you your main menu back without resorting to `gksudo`. — MadMike, Oct 15 '13 at 12:01

MadMike · Accepted Answer · 2013-10-15T18:02:31.433

I've cleaned up your eclipse.ini. It is tested it with Eclipse 4.2 Juno. Please report if it works with your scala plugin:

--startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20130327-1440.jar
--launcher.library
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1.200.v20130807-1835
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-XX:PermSize=64m
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-Xss1M
-server
-XX:+DoEscapeAnalysis
-XX:+UseConcMarkSweepGC
-XX:+UseCompressedOops
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6

For future reference: Be careful adding options to you eclipse.ini. Take special care about what goes before -vmargs and what after it.

Also, no option should be set twice.

Eclipse fails to run

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