[CentOS] Eclipse CDT not working properly

[Paul Norton]

Hello Toralf

Removed the 32bit JRE and set the default to 64bit

which java

Check here https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=477766

Or set the vm from the shell as mentioned here
http://wiki.eclipse.org/IRC_FAQ#I_just_installed_Eclipse_on_Linux.2C_but_it_does_not_start._What_is_the_problem.3F

>From here.

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

Download Eclipse ide for c/c++ developers

I have run eclipse(C/C++) on xfce with OpenJDK. No problems.

It works fine for C.
All the best Paul




On Thu, Feb 7, 2013 at 1:06 PM, Toralf Lund <toralf.lund at pgs.com> wrote:

> Hello again,
>
> Another problem with my new CentOS 6 installation:
> The C/C++ support in Eclipse seems to be partial or missing - even
> though eclipse-cdt is installed. Eclipse starts all right, and I get a
> C/C++ perspective, but:
>
>  1. If I open a C++ file, it's sent to an external editor.
>  2. C or C++ is not mentioned in Preferences.
>  3. I can't find a reference to CDT under Help->About Eclipse
>     Platform->Installation Details
>
> I've tried reinstalling all the eclipse packages, and also resetting the
> workspace as well as the settings in ~/.eclipse, but it made no
> difference. On startup I get the following messages:
> CompilerOracle: exclude
> org/eclipse/core/internal/dtree/DataTreeNode.forwardDeltaWith
> CompilerOracle: exclude
> org/eclipse/jdt/internal/compiler/lookup/ParameterizedMethodBinding.<init>
> CompilerOracle: exclude
>
> org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/dom/parser/cpp/semantics/CPPTemplates.instantiateTemplate
> CompilerOracle: exclude
> org/eclipse/cdt/internal/core/pdom/dom/cpp/PDOMCPPLinkage.addBinding
> CompilerOracle: exclude
>
> org/python/pydev/editor/codecompletion/revisited/PythonPathHelper.isValidSourceFile
> CompilerOracle: exclude
>
> org/python/pydev/ui/filetypes/FileTypesPreferencesPage.getDottedValidSourceFiles
>
> Has anyone else seen this? Any idea what's wrong? Is anyone here are
> using Eclipse for C++ development, anyway?
>
> Eclipse platform version is 3.6.1-6.13.el6.x86_64, CDT
> 7.0.1-4.el6.x86_64 (those are the latest from updates.)
>
> - Toralf
>
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