Bug#683930: eclipse: 3.8.0~rc4-1 exits with log error: Unable to acquire application

[Jakub Adam]

Hi,

installation of Eclipse into a clean sid system works for me. As you say you got an error
even when config is removed, I think it's a different local issue. Here are some tips for
further investigation:

1. Try to run Eclipse with OpenJDK 6 to make sure it's not a problem specific to Oracle JRE.
    ~/.swt/lib/linux/x86 symlinks are not needed with 3.8.0, that was a different issue.

2. If possible, try to launch with a new clean user account, find out if there isn't still
    any configuration in your $HOME that prevents Eclipse from starting.

3. There might be some modified files in the installation, left by an (accidental) attempt
    to run Eclipse as root. Try purging the installation (removing libequinox-osgi-java
    should uninstall also all the eclipse packages). Make sure that /usr/lib/eclipse and
    /usr/share/eclipse are empty, delete any files still there. Then install everything back
    again.

Regards,

Jakub