Eclipse breaks on update

[degausser11]

After updating Eclipse, it fails to start afterwards.
This is the error message that is displayed when launching Eclipse.
Here's the log that is mentioned in the error message.

OS: Pop!_OS 20.04

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After looking in the closed issues, I've found that the issue with starting Eclipse after update is resolved with launching Eclipse with command flatpak run org.eclipse.Java -clean.

The only issue that persists is that extensions (ie. CDT) need to be reinstalled.

[mbooth101]

Thanks for the report; running flatpak run org.eclipse.Java -clean is what I would have suggested too.

[mauromol]

Also updating from 2020-06 to 2020-09 requires -clean otherwise Eclipse won't start.

[Mailaender]

It shows a stack trace with not too much information:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2025-03-08 06:30:19.530
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.IllegalStateException: Unable to acquire application service. Ensure that the org.eclipse.core.runtime bundle is resolved and started (see config.ini).
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:86)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:439)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:271)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DirectMethodHandleAccessor.invoke(DirectMethodHandleAccessor.java:103)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:580)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:668)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:605)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1481)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1454)

rm -rf ~/.var/app/org.eclipse.Java/ brings it back to a state where it starts and plug-ins can be reinstalled.

[Mailaender]

See also #100