Hint: You will need a Java runtime environment (JRE) to use Eclipse (Java SE 8 or greater is recommended). The idea of downloading all first certainly appeals.
There is not much context to give, as it is a first-time install and (in the student's case) could be on a new install of Windows 7|8|10. Thank you for your helpful reply and explanation of the possible cause.
In any case, you can always download a package instead of using the installer to install it:īut then you need to be sure the right version of Java is installed (or the eclipse.exe will just fail with exit code 13) and that the student is able to unzip the zip file. Also, a few weeks ago, the web master changed the behavior of the download server so that it "transparently" redirects requests to mirrors, and perhaps it's redirected to a mirror that itself had a network problem or had not correctly mirrored the artifacts. That could be a network issue or firewall issue.
The failure log suggests to me that all the update site content metadata was loaded correctly (so the network must be functioning okay) but while downloading artifacts, the artifact metadata was not found so the process doesn't know from where to download the artifacts. You shouldn't need admin access to install into the default user-home location (if that's what you're expecting students will do).
The machine is Windows 7 and I have numerous versions of VS and Android Studio installed. This seems like a quite avoidable waste of time (an unhandled exception?).
I feel that I should not have to google for hours just to get the thing installed. ERROR: 2.engine code=4 An error occurred while collecting items to be installedĪt .reException(OomphPlugin.java:280)Īt 2.$3.commit(ProfileTransactionImpl.java:547)Īt 2.(ProfileTransactionImpl.java:340)Īt .p2.(P2TaskImpl.java:729)Īt .(SetupTaskPerformer.java:3324)Īt .(SetupTaskPerformer.java:3252)Īt .(SetupTaskPerformer.java:3233)Īt .(SetupTaskPerformer.java:3133)Īt .(SimpleVariablePage.java:1289)Īt .$32(SimpleVariablePage.java:1166)Īt .$20.run(SimpleVariablePage.java:1111)ĮRROR: 2.engine code=0 session context was:(profile=C_Users_James_eclipse_java-neon2_eclipse, phase=.p2., operand=, action=).ĮRROR: 2.artifact.repository code=0 No repository found containing: osgi.bundle,1.9.0.v20170208-1614ĮRROR: 2.artifact.repository code=0 No repository found containing: osgi.bundle,4.5.2.v20170210-0925 VS is an absolute breeze compared to this quagmire. With Visual Studio, I could easily direct him to do the installation and have a console program running in minutes (excl the long installation wait).
I am trying to get a school pupil up and running, and rehearsing the process myself, but using Eclipse is going to put him off IT for good. I am very near to giving up on Eclipse for ever, when even getting to the start line is so difficult. No dice with 'run as admin', unblock etc etc etc. > any mention of actions taken by the Installer. > Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit has no logs in the Event Viewer that contain I am choosing C:\Program Files as the install > I was then presented with additional info on the installer window: the > when clicked, I went through an installer update sequence. > In the upper right, there was an exclamation mark in a menu icon, and
> end, but terminated with an "Install Failed" message. The green bar got nearly all the way to the Therefore difficult to achieve in Java code that must run on all platforms.ĭoes it fail the same way if you install to non-system folder? That's a very Windows-specific behavior, and Writing to it generally requires elevating the process doing the writing That's because this folder is generally owned by the admin I think choosing C:\Program Files is perhaps a key factor that causes