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| From | Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.java.programmer |
| Subject | Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail |
| Date | 2016-08-10 11:07 +0000 |
| Organization | A noiseless patient Spider |
| Message-ID | <nof1ua$ln3$1@dont-email.me> (permalink) |
| References | <slrnnqjmr8.456.avl@login.logic.tuwien.ac.at> |
On Tue, 09 Aug 2016 13:32:24 +0000, Andreas Leitgeb wrote: > I had eclipse on my old machine (Ubuntu 14.04 32bit) and moved the > complete home directory to a new machine (Ubuntu 16.04 64bit) Eclipse on > old machine was 3.7.0, on new machine is 3.8.1 > > When I start eclipse on new machine, it shows my projects, but appears > to have no idea about languages... it doesn't syntax highlight the Java > sources. > > Any similar experience with solution? Any idea off the top of head? > I haven't tried this with Eclipse or on Debian, but... On my usual Fedora systems I've sorted out similar package-related problems by removing and reinstalling the package with DNF (thats' Fedora's equivalent of apt-get). So far that approach has worked OK and hasn't lost anything I wanted to keep - AND - I end up still running distro-maintained applications. My guess is that it works because no part of a package's contents is ever put into a /home directory, so the remove/install cycle doesn't try to change user-local settings. A well-written package should look at the user-specific configuration and upgrade it as needed When you first run the newly installed version. If I need something that isn't included in a a distro's standard or extra packages, i.e. I've have to compile it locally, I *always* fiddle the autoconfig and/or make files to install it in /usr/local/bin and to put its default configuration in /usr/local/etc because this minimises interference with standard distro packaged stuff. I also move /usr/local to /home/local, replacing /usr/local with a symlink to /home/local. Since /home is in a separate partition which isn't affected by a distro install or upgrade this means that my self-compiled applications automatically survive distro reinstalls or upgrades. I hope the above is useful and isn't regurgitating too much that you already know. -- martin@ | Martin Gregorie gregorie. | Essex, UK org |
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eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-09 13:32 +0000
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-09 23:25 +0000
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2016-08-09 20:34 -0400
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-10 14:54 +0000
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-08-10 11:07 +0000
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2016-08-10 15:17 +0000
Re: eclipse workdir copied to new machine ... fail Martin Gregorie <martin@address-in-sig.invalid> - 2016-08-10 16:44 +0000
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