15 Apr 2017

Bug – Platform won’t launch on Java 9-ea builds (InjectionException: NoClassDefFoundError: javax/annotation/PostConstruct)
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=493761

Environment:

OS: elementary OS 0.4 Loki (64-bit)
“Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS” based

$ java -version

java version "9-ea"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9-ea+162)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9-ea+162, mixed mode)

Installation

  1. Extract a File: eclipse-jee-neon-3-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

  2. Change the eclipse.ini file
    Add the following before --launcher.appendVmargs

--launcher.GTK_version
2

and the following after -vmargs

--add-modules=java.se.ee

From the eclipse.ini:

openFile
--launcher.GTK_version
2
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
--add-modules=java.se.ee
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.8

For easy access to Eclipse, lets create a launcher shortcut:

$ sudo nano /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

; Change the location of eclipse and -vm option
; With the following contents:

[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse Neon.3
GenericName=Programming Editor
Comment=Eclipse IDE, Integrated Development Environment
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-9-oracle/bin
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Categories=Application;Development;Java;IDE
MimeType=text/plain;text/x-java;
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false

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