STS fails to start after installing extensions on OSX

[aphahn]

I'm using:
OS X 10.5.8 with a case sensitive file system
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_15-b03-226)

I have installed STS from:
springsource-tool-suite-2.2.1.RELEASE-e3.5.1-macosx-carbon-installer.dmg
springsource-tool-suite-2.2.1.RELEASE-e3.5.1-macosx-cocoa-x86_64-installer.dmg
springsource-tool-suite-2.2.1.RELEASE-e3.5.1-macosx-carbon.tar.gz

After installing STS I install the Groovy and Grails extensions and restart STS.
STS fails to open and pops up a dialog referring me to a log file which contains:

!SESSION Thu Nov 26 17:44:07 MST 2009 ------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2009-11-26 17:44:07.261
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter
        at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:200)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:188)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:316)
        at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:251)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:556)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514)
        at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311)

The diff (diff -rq springsource springsource2) of the directories before installing the extensions and after is (springsource2 is the clean install):

Only in springsource: .DS_Store
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS: sts.ini
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/artifacts.xml and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/artifacts.xml differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/.settings/org.eclipse.ui.ide.prefs differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/config.ini and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/config.ini differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.fileTable.7 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.fileTable.7 differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.fileTable.8 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.manager/.fileTable.8 differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.table.1 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.core.runtime/.table.1 differ
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi: .bundledata.1
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi: .bundledata.2
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.manager: .fileTable.4
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.manager/.fileTable.5 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.manager/.fileTable.5 differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.manager: .fileTable.6
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.state.1 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/.state.1 differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/347/data/SCR and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/347/data/SCR differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/365/data: -57300181
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/365/data: 1553553669
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/cache.timestamps and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/cache.timestamps differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/listener_1925729951/artifacts.xml and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/listener_1925729951/artifacts.xml differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/listener_1925729951/content.xml and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/listener_1925729951/content.xml differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/timestamps-897699915 and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/372/data/timestamps-897699915 differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles: 377
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/381/data: -1187023094
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/381/data: -839923540
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/427/1/.cp/org/eclipse/jface/dialogs/images: help.gif
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles: 543
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/666/1/.cp/icons/full/dlcl16: progress_stop.gif
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/666/1/.cp/icons/full/elcl16: progress_stop.gif
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.update/install.log and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.update/install.log differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.update/platform.xml and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/configuration/org.eclipse.update/platform.xml differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/features: com.springsource.sts.grails_2.2.1.200910210131-RELEASE
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/features: org.codehaus.groovy.eclipse.feature_2.0.0.xx-20091108-2000-e35
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/features: org.codehaus.groovy.jdt.patch_2.0.0.xx-20091108-2000-e35
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/features: org.codehaus.groovy16.feature_2.0.0.xx-20091108-2000-e35
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/features: org.codehaus.groovy17.feature_2.0.0.xx-20091108-2000-e35
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.prefs and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.artifact.repository.prefs differ
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.metadata.repository.prefs differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings: org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.prefs
Files springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.prefs and springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile/.data/.settings/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.ui.sdk.scheduler.prefs differ
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile: 1259282188939.profile.gz
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile: 1259282190952.profile.gz
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile: 1259282620776.profile.gz
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile: 1259283337909.profile.gz
Only in springsource2/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/com.springsource.sts.ide.profile: 1259283339243.profile.gz
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: compositeContent1095413072.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: compositeContent1300562221.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-1313268167.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-1964146205.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-445678946.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-485972093.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-836065428.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content-888347553.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content1048691197.jar
Only in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.repository/cache: content816442617.jar

I removed all the diffs for files in springsource/sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/plugins as it made the post to long.

Any ideas on how to get it working?

[Christian Dupuis]

aphahn,

thanks for those many details. This is a recurring issue with STS 2.x and Mac OS. You are the first to report using the case sensitive filesystem, which might actually make the difference as I was never able to re-create this issue.

Nevertheless the root cause to this will be fixed with STS 2.3.0. To work-around that now, please restore the missing "sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/sts.ini" after you installed new plugins. For whatever reason file gets lost during the update. It is safe to just restore a copy from before the installation.

Let me know if that helps.

Christian

[aphahn]

Christian,

I'm confused by the workaround you gave. sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/sts.ini gets created when the plugins are installed. In the clean install there is sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/STS.ini and after installing plugins both sts.ini and STS.ini are present in sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/. STS.ini remains unchanged after adding the plugins and sts.ini cotains:

-configuration
../../../configuration

I have tried every combination of these files I can think of (including merging them) and still it won't start.

Any ideas?
I can help test fixes for this issue.

Andy

[Christian Dupuis]

Hi Andy,

yeah, sorry. On second read my reply wasn't very clear.

Can you try to copy the original STS.ini to sts.ini and install some plugins. Does this solve the issue?

Christian

[aphahn]

Thanks Christian,
Moving sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/STS.ini to sts-2.2.1.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/sts.ini before installing any plugins did the trick.

Thanks again,

Andy

[ross.jourdain]

Interesting, I just had this issue on OSX 10.6.8 using STS 2.7.2.RELEASE. I ran the installer, which completed and lauched STS with no trouble.

After applying the available updates, I tried to restart STS and got this error:

You can't open the application STS.app because it may be damaged or incomplete.

I reinstalled STS in another location and renamed sts-2.7.2.RELEASE/STS.app/Contents/MacOS/STS.ini from STS.ini to sts.ini. I then applied the available updates and restarted without error.

Thanks Christian and Andy!

Ross

[nycynik]

Interesting, I just had this issue on OSX 10.6.8 using STS 2.7.2.RELEASE. I ran the installer, which completed and lauched STS with no trouble.

After applying the available updates, I tried to restart STS and got this error

I have the same issue, maybe I should try the ini fix, but I also found that running the STS app in the contents/macos... folder works for me, it starts and runs.

[rsalinas]

Christian Dupuis, you said this problem should be fixed for version 2.3 but I have installed the 2.9.1 version and still exists the same issue. Thanks anyway.

[Martin Lippert]

Hey!

Does the described workaround works for you as well? Just asking...
And are you on a case-sensitive file system as well?

-Martin

[nomadicarus]

Hey!

Does the described workaround works for you as well? Just asking...
And are you on a case-sensitive file system as well?

-Martin

MBP OS X 10.7.4

I've just installed the Spring Source Toolsuite v sts-2.9.2.RELEASE and each time I install to /applications I encountered the above error...well, in that the application would present the:
'cannot open the application STS because it may be damaged or incomplete'
message after the first STS boot.

I installed to ~/ [user folder] instead and the STS application would boot fine on numerous occasions.

copying STS.ini to the /applications/STS folder did not resolve the issue for me; however, I did notice that the application had rights/privileges for user [read/write], staff and everyone [read only] but no admin rights which might be the sticking point here for some installations?

just a thought. I would test this with modified rights to a /applications installation and repost but just at this moment my poker tournaments have gone mental - my apologies for a half-hearted response.

nomad