Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Gervase Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Installing runnable Eclipse from Debian packages Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 22:30:01 +0200 Message-ID: X-Original-To: debian-java@lists.debian.org X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Wed Apr 26 20:27:12 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.183 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW=-0.7, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SARE_MSGID_LONG40=0.637] autolearn=no autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -5.5 X-Greylist: delayed 457 seconds by postgrey-1.36 at bendel; Wed, 26 Apr 2023 20:09:27 UTC X-Clacks-Overhead: "GNU Terry Pratchett" X-Cm-Score: 0.00 X-Cnfs-Analysis: v=2.4 cv=GJAbr8BK c=1 sm=1 tr=0 ts=6449832a a=Uh4AodzQFcKAam7njG8uXg==:117 a=Uh4AodzQFcKAam7njG8uXg==:17 a=IkcTkHD0fZMA:10 a=xNf9USuDAAAA:8 a=6TXUOcPAW15WzH17KtcA:9 a=QEXdDO2ut3YA:10 a=qLc4Cn3i3d8A:10 a=SEwjQc04WA-l_NiBhQ7s:22 X-Auth: group+gervase@:2501 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.28.5-0ubuntu0.18.04.2 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Cmae-Envelope: MS4xfGZ5Zt5tEZ2kngGOu8wB6pb6Ypo7/MpI0zC8MmZQ6DuSRZuCPoixhixCflkWiP+TLyPIK/5QWoxxfAuMBQeqyTO636Uq5kWhAmvb+ncM+bcj08eq1DMg 6orawpBoCRUbu69jErsNqIZcrjNZF+gmb1XJ4UMzOp2tkGBsFi0LZD7aXIvUcDcXBI9q2YQYZYiqcOyFOMqelyxxQPRgVt53qQtmtzyJmxNu2uXJY7OFI8OI X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/23304 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/557610a5957a0644cc86f84a10997184c30150e3.camel@group.force9.co.uk Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 27 Organization: linux.* mail to news gateway Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Wed, 26 Apr 2023 21:01:44 +0100 X-Original-Message-ID: <557610a5957a0644cc86f84a10997184c30150e3.camel@group.force9.co.uk> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:12632 Currently, I have access to the packages 'eclipse'/'eclipse-platform' on Ubuntu. Having either installed then allows additional packages/plug- ins to be installed for the various computer languages (e.g. JDT, CDT, pydev). With a view to moving to Debian, I looked through the debian-java mailing list archive and noticed the package 'eclipse-platform-runtime' mentioned in a post from mid-January 2023. However, it is not a package for installing a directly runnable Eclipse platform. Looking at "https://wiki.debian.org/Eclipse", there is no mention of installing Debian packages to install Eclipse. In fact, in the history of edits to the wiki page, I found the following dated 2019-10-04: "eclipse can not be installed as package in the current stable, not even as backport, download from originating page is only option left..." To me, not being able to install Eclipse using Debian packages does not square with the fact that 'eclipse-platform-runtime' exists. Therefore, what is the how-to with regards to installing Eclipse using only Debian packages? In other words, how to make it so that the Eclipse wiki page has valid instructions for installing Eclipse using only Debian packages. Thanks, Gervase.