Installing Eclipse in multi-user environment
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What are the system requirements for installing Eclipse on Windows?
- Operating System: Windows 7 or later (64-bit recommended)
- JDK: Java Development Kit (JDK) 8 or later
- RAM: Minimum 2 GB (4 GB or more recommended)
- Disk Space: At least 500 MB for the IDE plus additional space for projects and dependencies
How do I install Eclipse?
- Download the Installer: Run the downloaded installer file (e.g., eclipse-inst-win64.exe).
- Launch the Installer: Upon launching, you'll see various Eclipse IDE packages. Select the one that fits your development needs (e.g., \"Eclipse IDE for Java Developers\").
- Install JDK: If you don’t have JDK installed, download and install it from the Oracle website or the OpenJDK website.
- Choose Installation Folder: Specify the directory where you want Eclipse installed.
- Start Installation: Click \"Install\" and wait for the installation to complete.
- Launch Eclipse: Once installed, you can launch Eclipse from the Start menu or the desktop shortcut.
What is Eclipse?
Eclipse is an integrated development environment (IDE) used primarily for Java development but also supports other programming languages via plugins.
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Looking for some guidance to install Eclipse in a multi-user environment (Windows 10). I dl'd Eclipse IDE 2020-12 x86_64, installed as Administrator (works). When I log in as a student or non-admin, I get the error "The Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion shared library." Is this a permissions issue since Eclipse defaults to ..\Users\Administrator directory? I've tried to update the ..\configuration\config.ini file with comments mentioned in other posts, but none have been successful.
I added the following lines to ..\configuration\config.ini
[email protected]/Local Settings/Application Data/Eclipse/configurationosgi.sharedConfiguration.area=file\:/C\:/Users/Administrator/eclipse/java-2020-12/configurationosgi.configuration.cascaded=true
Check step 7 in the below url about using eclipse in Winodws environment http://www.wikihow.com/Download,-Install,-and-Run-JDK-and-Eclipse
Once you have downloaded the Eclipse archive you will need to decompress the zip file, which will create the unzipped Eclipse folder. You may want to extract the archive to the root of C:\ drive, thus creating the folder “C:\eclipse”, or just moved the extracted eclipse folder to the root of C:\ drive if you extracted it already. Since Eclipse does not have any installer, there will be a file inside the Eclipse folder named eclipse.exe. You can double click on the file to run Eclipse.
I too havent come across any eclipse installer or setup file for windows. So looks this is the most common way to start use eclipse in windows.
Make sure that you have downloaded and installed java 64 bit and not java 32 bits. In addition, change the name of the directory from C:\Program Files\Java\jreX (X is a number) to C:\Program Files\Java\jre
Eclipse does not use the Windows registry. It uses different approaches (mechanisms) to persist configuration related information.
You can use command line options to gain some level of control when you are unhappy about the defaults that eclipse is using. See http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.user/tasks/running_eclipse.htm for example. Doing so can be helpful when installing different versions of eclipse on the same machine.
no, eclipse does not changes registry in windows.