2006/3/23, Matthias Klose [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Package: eclipse
Version: 3.1.2
Forwarded from https://launchpad.net/distros/ubuntu/+source/eclipse/+bug/35871
I have just installed eclipse-platform-gcj on dapper and I have no
/usr/bin/eclipse script anywhere on my system. It appears this is
supposed to be in the eclipse-platform-common package but it's not.
Even though it shouldn't be required, I tried installing the full
eclipse package and sure enough /usr/bin/eclipse was hiding
there. This is not a viable solution, however, as the eclipse package
additionally requires me to install:
ant-optional, eclipse-jdt, eclipse-jdt-common, eclipse-pde,
eclipse-pde-common, eclipse-source, junit
None of which I want to install. It seems that the core
eclipse-platform files like /usr/bin/eclipse should either be moved
back to eclipse-platform-common or the SDK files (and required
dependencies) should be moved back into the eclipse-sdk package as it
used to be.
The eclipse executeable should be in the eclipse package.
eclipse-platform-gcj is not a stand-alone package
Through the installation of the eclipse package you ensure that you
have everything installed.
If you don't install all eclipse packages, then you will have missing
dependencies in eclipse if you don't install for example the pde
plugins. Eclipse won't work correctly without patching the features.
And even if
it works with patching of the features, I don't think it's a good idea,
because other plugins can depend on the core plugins and then they
will missing some plugins.
@Michael: I really think its a better idea to a have one package, The
current situation caused to much troubles. What do you think?
Stephan Michels.
