Have the same problem. Seems root cause is a broken dependcy: eclipse-platform version is 3.8.1-11 it depends on eclipse-rcp version 3.8.1-11 which in turn depends on libequinox-osgi-java (>= 3.9.1).
But eclipse-platform-data expects libequinox-osgi-java version 3.8.1-11: $ apt-cache --recurse depends eclipse-platform | less eclipse-platform Depends: eclipse-rcp eclipse-rcp Depends: libequinox-osgi-java $ apt-cache show eclipse-rcp Package: eclipse-rcp Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.8.1-11 Priority: optional Section: universe/devel Source: eclipse Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <ubuntu-devel-disc...@lists.ubuntu.com> Original-Maintainer: Debian Orbital Alignment Team <pkg-java-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org> Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8094 Depends: default-jre | java5-runtime | java6-runtime, libequinox-osgi-java (>= 3.9.1), libfelix-gogo-command-java, libfelix-gogo-shell-java, libicu4j-49-java (>= 49.1-2), libswt-gtk-3-java (<< 3.9.0~), libswt-gtk-3-java (>= 3.8.0~), libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni (>= 3.8.0~), libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni (>= 3.8.0~), libc6 (>= 2.14) $ dpkg -L eclipse-platform-data | grep config.ini | xargs cat | grep osgi.framework= osgi.framework=file\:plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.8.1.dist.jar osgi.framework=file\:plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.8.1.dist.jar -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to eclipse in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1754886 Title: Eclipse fails to start on fresh 18.04 installation Status in eclipse package in Ubuntu: In Progress Status in eclipse package in Debian: New Bug description: I just installed 18.04 from today's March 10th desktop ISO in a VM with all default settings. I proceeded to install Eclipse and build tools with: sudo apt-get install eclipse git build-essential I then ran `eclipse` in a terminal from my home directory (launcher icon behaves same way). I expected Eclipse to open, but instead I got a popup saying: An error has occurred. See the log file /home/vidar/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_3.8_155965261/configuration/1520710304064.log Meanwhile, the following messages are printed on stderr: OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0 Gtk-Message: 11:31:25.572: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" Gtk-Message: 11:31:25.619: Failed to load module "canberra-gtk-module" The file it mentions contains: !SESSION Sat Mar 10 11:31:44 PST 2018 ------------------------------------------ !ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2018-03-10 11:31:44.078 !MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform: !STACK java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:381) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:424) at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:357) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:626) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1414) `eclipse`, `eclipse-jdt` and `eclipse-platform` are all version 3.8.1-11. There are no pending updates after an `apt-get update && apt-get upgrade`. Installing libcanberra-gtk-module got rid of those warnings, but the popup and error message remain. To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/1754886/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
