GGTS 3.0.0 installed but nothing appears

[Kris De Volder]

Actually, I'm using Ubuntu 10.04 32 bit. It is possible this is what makes the difference, but I would think it rather unlikely. Still, I will try to get myself setup on a test machine with more recent 64 bit sometime (I need a bit of time to procure a testing machine as I still want to stay on 10.04 32 bit for my main development). But once I do I'll report back.

From your earlier comments in this thread, it seems the extra plugins get installed in a different location. Somehow I think this is very likely connected to the problem. Are you installing eclipse into /opt and then running it as the same user. Or installing as one user (like root) and then running it as a different user.

I'm not sure of this, but it sounds like maybe for some reason when you install the extra stuff, Eclipse is deciding to keep the extensions separate from the core installation. One reason I could think of is different users owning different bits of the installation. It doesn't do that for me. But I do everything as the same user and that user owns everything I install.

Kris

PS: Another thing that may make a difference, is the JVM version. I'm using Sun Java 6 JDK. If I'm going to setup a test maching to try and reproduce, I probably should make it as much as possible like yours. So what JVM are you using to run Eclipse?

[Mase]

I actually got it incorrect, I am running on a VM using Ubuntu 32 bit 10.04 with some of the following config info:

*** Date: Thursday, September 6, 2012 2:05:20 PM Pacific Daylight Time

*** Platform Details:

*** System properties:
applicationXMI=org.eclipse.ui.workbench/LegacyIDE.e4xmi
eclipse.application=org.eclipse.ui.ide.workbench
eclipse.buildId=I20120608-1400
eclipse.commands=-os
linux
-ws
gtk
-arch
x86
-showsplash
/opt/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.2.0.v201206081400/splash.bmp
-launcher
/opt/eclipse/eclipse
-name
Eclipse
--launcher.library
/opt/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_1.1.200 .v20120522-1813/eclipse_1502.so
-startup
/opt/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20120522-1813.jar
--launcher.overrideVmargs
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.product
-vm
/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
eclipse.home.location=file:/opt/eclipse/
eclipse.launcher=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
eclipse.launcher.name=Eclipse
eclipse.p2.data.area=@config.dir/../p2/
eclipse.p2.profile=epp.package.jee
eclipse.product=org.eclipse.epp.package.jee.produc t
eclipse.startTime=1346965480631
eclipse.vm=/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-sun-1.6.0.26/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
eclipse.vmargs=-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Dhelp.lucene.tokenizer=standard
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m

Thanks for taking a look at this.
Mase

[Andrew Eisenberg]

@Mase, it might be that the install didn't work because you didn't install GGTS into a writable directory. Try moving Eclipse to a writable location (eg- user home) and install ggts into there.

This was an Eclipse bug for Indigo and earlier. It was supposed to be fixed in Eclipse 4.2, but perhaps it is not working in all situations.

[Mase]

So I moved the /opt/eclipse directory to ~/bin/eclipse and then tried to install from the Market Place and I get the following error:

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: Grails IDE 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE (org.grails.ide.eclipse.feature.group 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE)
Missing requirement: SpringSource Tool Suite Grails Support (Core) 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE (org.grails.ide.eclipse.core 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE) requires 'bundle org.apache.commons.io 0.0.0' but it could not be found
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: Grails IDE 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE (org.grails.ide.eclipse.feature.group 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE)
To: org.grails.ide.eclipse.refactoring [3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE]
Cannot satisfy dependency:
From: org.grails.ide.eclipse.refactoring 3.0.0.201208091000-RELEASE
To: bundle org.grails.ide.eclipse.core 0.0.0

[Kris De Volder]

Mase, with 'move' do you mean 'copy/move' the files or did you install a fresh Eclipse in the new location?
I'm not sure actually moving the files is a great idea. I wouldn't bet on it working after move. (Yes, in theory it should be ok, but... like I said, I wouldn't bet on it).

I'm trying now to take a look at what my fresh 'Eclipse' looks like in terms of the sysprops you posted. Maybe something jumps out, but right now I really a bit at a loss why you are having these problems.

One question: I see that you are also using sun java 6, just like me. But I can't tell if you are using a JDK or just a JRE (it should be a JVM as STS tools require it for certain functionality, though if you have a JRE, that alone can not explain why you are having issues *installing* the grails features / plugins).

[Andrew Eisenberg]

This is a different problem than before. Looks like bundle org.apache.commons.io can't be found. Try adding this update site in Help -> Install new software -> Work with

http://download.eclipse.org/tools/or...928/repository

You don't need to install any features from the update site. Just add the url and make sure that "Contact all update sites..." is checked. And try installing GGTS again.

Really, the bundle org.apache.commons.io should be available from some other update site, but it isn't. We'll have to look into why that is the case.

As Kris mentioned, though, you might be best off starting with a fresh install since your Eclipse configuration may be corrupted after the previous partial installs.

[Kris De Volder]

Hi again Mase,

I've been trying to reproduce your problems, but I'm really not able to. Also as far as I can tell from the infos you provided so far, my OS setup, JVM etc are really very similar to yours so it is puzzling that everything works for me and not for you.

About the error 'requires 'bundle org.apache.commons.io 0.0.0' ...

I know this bundle is a dependency of the grails tooling. I see that it is *not* present by default in Eclipse (e.g. I checked Eclipse 4.2 JEE and it isn't there). But when I install GGTS from Eclipse Marketplace it gets installed. So *normally* marketplace knows how to find this bundle for GGTS. I'm not sure exactly where it finds the bundle but it obviously does because after I installed GGTS... commons.io is also installed. I'm hoping the fact you got this error just once, may be a transient problem related to some problems with an update site / network.

So far I've tried installing GGTS from Marketplace into both an "Eclipse for Java Developers" and also "Eclipse for JEE". In both cases all seems to work fine.

Not sure what else I can do to try and help you. Do you yourself have any idea of a potential reason why when you install the extensions, Eclipse might think it shouldn't be writing into your 'base' Eclipse installation area? The fact that it does this 'separated install' for you, but not me seems to be the big difference between us. And somehow I think understanding why, is key to why it isn't working for you.

Kris

[Mase]

So I removed the /home/mmw/.eclipse directory and then I removed the entire /home/mmw/bin/eclipse directory, and installed eclipse again from the .tar file

Then reinstalled egit and ggts from the market place and now all seems to work.

Thanks for your help

Mase

[Kris De Volder]

I'm glad you got it working. I'm sorry I couldn't be more help in figuring out the problem.
Thanks for letting us know you got it working and what you did. There's always a chance someone with a similar problem may be helped by this information in the future somehow.

Kris