[glurps]

when i try to install myeclipse i get the following error:

...
No Java virtual machine could be found from your PATH
environment variable.  You must install a VM prior to
running this program.

i don’t see how PATH would matter, the vm is defined in JAVA_HOME.

is there an argument to the installer to instruct it to use this?

thx

[snpe]

set PATH to JAVA_HOME/bin (on win JAVA_HOME\bin)

regards

[Riyad Kalla]

Thanks snpe,
please follow his suggestion, the installer *finds* valid VMs to run by way of the PATH environment variable, not JAVA_HOME. If this is an issue you can use the manual install which contains very detailed instructions within it.

[glurps]

okay i am past this step but now i have a different problem.

the installer ends with a not that there where errors and i should consult the installlog. i cant find this log but it seams like none of the plugins got installed. the new file types and projects are available in eclipse though.

i should note that i was a normal user when installing and not root. somehow i still got the error about the missing vm even after setting PATH for root. user has writepermission to the plugin folder.

thc for the help so far

[Riyad Kalla]

glurps,
We suggest (when on Unix/Linux) to install Eclipse/MyEclipse under the same user. If you are using the MyEclipse trial then you will not be able to use MyEclipse unless it is installed as the same user as Eclipse is. When you purchase a subscription this restriction is lifted. I always encourage users to install Eclipse and MyEclipse under their own $HOME dir so they don’t have to mess around with permissions. I will try and work with you, but if you insist on installing Eclipse/MyEclipse as different users then figuring out the proper permissions is going to require more time on your part.

i cant find this log but it seams like none of the plugins got installed. the new file types and projects are available in eclipse though.

Check your /tmp directory, I don’t know where INstallShield places its log files.

[glurps]

where are the myeclipse plugins and features supposed ti get installed?
using the installer they didn’t end up in <>/eclipse/plugin but in <>/<workspace-directory-provided during installation>/eclipse/plugin. i moved the plugins and features into the appropriate folders inside of the eclipse folder.

i get the feeling that there is an error in the installer.

[snpe]

installer ask you where You want install ME and add links dir in ECLIPSE_HOME and file with contents like

path=/home/user/MyEclipse

plugins and features are in /home/user/MyEclipse/eclipse

regards

[Riyad Kalla]

glurps,
The MyEclipse plugins *should not* be installed into the Eclipse/plugins folder. If you read the dialogs that popup during install you get two questions 1) Where is Eclipse installed? 2) Where do you want to install MyEclipse? (Not under Eclipse dir).

So you will end up with something like:
C:\Eclipse3
C:\MyEclipse3.8.1

The installer asks where Eclipse is so it can install MyEclipse as an extension into your Eclipse install, not because it wants to put any files in the Eclipse install.

I would suggest you uninstall everything (Eclipse and MyEclipse) then install Eclipse and MyEclispe separately under your own user account. Once you get that working you can begin experimenting with the permissions and moving out your installs to other users (please note what I said about trial membership VS subscription membership w.r.t. to permissions).

Here is a step by step walkthrough that will tell you how to reinstall a clean version of Eclipse and ME: http://myeclipseide.com/FAQ+index-myfaq-yes-id_cat-4.html#156

[glurps]

i DID read the instructions in the installer i just interpreted

2) Where do you want to install MyEclipse? (Not under Eclipse dir)

it sais something like “where do you want to install the myeclipse workbench” and figured that “workbench” was used the same way as in eclipse itself and there it is the place where the projects go not the plugins.
but it seamed strange to me too that i had to provide this information during installation thats why i asked.
but i guess reading it a little more carefully would indead have helped. its workSPACE and not work workbench in eclipse and in the myeclipse installer it also states a version number after the workbench. and why would a workspace (as used in eclipse) require a version number, after all its just a folder.

well, der langen rede kurzer sinn.

it works now.

thx

and the next time i will try to think a little harder.

jonas

[Riyad Kalla]

Jonas,
My appologizes I certainly did not want to come off as demeaning there. As you pointed out the dialog/question are not as clear as they should be and I will see if we can address this in a future release.

Again this was not a mistake on your part, just a lack of clarity on our part to define whats what and where it needs to go. Certainly to a new Eclispe users that doesn’t even know what a workbench or such is, this would be even MORE confusing, which is definately not what we want.

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