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Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855129]

Thu, 29 September 2022 11:26

Pablo Gallardo

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2022

Junior Member

I am running Eclipse 2022-06 (4.24.0) on Ubuntu 22.04.1 LTS.

When I open Eclipse and then go to menu bar > Help > Check for Updates, there is an update for Eclipse IDE for Java Developers. If I try to install this update, I get an error.

The error dialog says:

'Update Software' has encountered a problem.
An error occurred while uninstalling

If I see the details, I find the following text:

An error occurred while uninstalling
session context was:(profile=epp.package.java, phase=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.engine.phases.Uninstall, operand=[R]org.eclipse.rcp_root 4.24.0.v20220607-0700 --> null, action=org.eclipse.equinox.internal.p2.touchpoint.natives.actions.CleanupzipAction).
Backup of file /snap/eclipse/61/readme/readme_eclipse.html failed.
/snap/eclipse/61/readme/readme_eclipse.html: Read-only file system

I would appreciate any help.

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Re: Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855143 is a reply to message #1855129]

Thu, 29 September 2022 14:44

Ed Merks

Messages: 33264
Registered: July 2009

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How did you create this installation initially? With the installer? Or unpacking the tar.gz? If you used the installer, did you install to a read-only location at that time? You should read the details here if you are trying to use the installer to create a read-only installation:

https://www.eclipse.org/setups/installer/question/

Ed Merks
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Re: Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855146 is a reply to message #1855129]

Thu, 29 September 2022 15:01

Nitin Dahyabhai

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Registered: July 2009

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This looks like a Snap application, which like it says is read-only. The only tested update path for it is an updated version of the Snap app.

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Re: Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855149 is a reply to message #1855146]

Thu, 29 September 2022 18:11

Tauno Voipio

Messages: 743
Registered: August 2014

Senior Member

It seems that the OP has taken Eclipse from the Ubuntu repository which prefers to use snap.

If I were the OP, I would jettison the installation using snap, download the Eclipse installer and re-install the Eclipse setup using the installer.

The snap package will continue to be a pain in the ... lower back.

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Tauno Voipio

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Re: Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855193 is a reply to message #1855143]

Fri, 30 September 2022 16:02

Pablo Gallardo

Messages: 3
Registered: September 2022

Junior Member

Many thanks for all the replies.

Ed Merks wrote on Thu, 29 September 2022 14:44

How did you create this installation initially? With the installer? Or unpacking the tar.gz? If you used the installer, did you install to a read-only location at that time?

I needed to review it, but I installed using snap (as Nithyn guessed) with this command from the terminal:

sudo snap install --classic eclipse

Maybe this is a more general question, but what should be the right way to install Eclipse? I consider the following ways:

apt

snap:

Official package

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Re: Error updating Eclipse IDE for Java Developers on Eclipse 2022-06 [message #1855200 is a reply to message #1855193]

Fri, 30 September 2022 18:47

Tauno Voipio

Messages: 743
Registered: August 2014

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I'm running Ubuntu 22.04LTS, and my Eclipse is installed using the Eclipse installer from Eclipse website <https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/installer>.

It checks your Java for compatibility and sets up Eclipse properly.

The steps are:

1. Download the installer for your system (probably linux-x86-64).
2. Unzip the installer tar-gzip:
tar -xzvf eclipse-inst-jre-linux64.tar.gz
3. Run the installer:
eclipse-installer/eclipse-inst&
4. Click the menu icon of three bars at right top corner
5. If there is a menu entry for updating, click it
6. Use the updated installer to install your favorite Eclipse setup.

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