Added a FAQ entry on this: http://edge.atl.corp.google.com:9999/eclipse/docs/faq.html#multiuser
On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 12:50 PM, Rajeev Dayal <rda...@google.com> wrote: > See the bug details for a workaround. > > > On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 5:39 AM, rudolf michael <roud...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I had the same problem on Windows 7 and after struggling for several hours >> i had to restore Windows to a previous check point, it worked like a charm. >> dunno if the problems is an eclipse updates, a plugin updates or a windows >> update. >> >> On Tue, Jul 20, 2010 at 1:58 AM, Rajeev Dayal <rda...@google.com> wrote: >> >>> As an FYI, this issue is being tracked here: >>> >>> http://code.google.com/p/google-web-toolkit/issues/detail?id=5080 >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Jeff Chimene <jchim...@gmail.com>wrote: >>> >>>> On 07/19/2010 07:44 AM, Magnus wrote: >>>> > Well, I just found that tar tvfz <eclipse-archive> shows "tomcat/ >>>> > users" as the owner of the files. >>>> > >>>> > I think that this UID corresponds to my "Debian-exim" id. >>>> > >>>> > However, I extract the tar files with "tar xvfz". >>>> > >>>> > Magnus >>>> >>>> OK. I can reproduce what you're seeing. >>>> >>>> I cannot explain, even when you install the GPE into the archive, it >>>> doesn't work. When you install as root, it does (did I get that right?) >>>> >>>> One further question (I think the answer to this is "yes") do you delete >>>> the eclipse directory before installing? That's one of the reasons I use >>>> update-alternatives. After extracting the archive, I move the directory >>>> to the specific version: "mv eclipse eclipse-3.6" and use >>>> update-alternatives to point to that directory. In this way, I can be >>>> sure of a clean installation, and I also have a backup version in case >>>> things go sideways. >>>> >>>> Anyway, after extracting the archive as "tar xvzf <archive>" the >>>> directory is owned by root:root, but the ownership of files in that >>>> hasn't changed (still tomcat/users). >>>> >>>> So, I used the following tar command >>>> tar --owner=root --no-same-owner -vxzf >>>> /tmp/eclipse-jee-helios-linux-gtk.tar.gz >>>> >>>> > >>>> > On Jul 18, 7:12 am, Jeff Chimene <jchim...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >> On Sat, Jul 17, 2010 at 8:53 PM, Jeff Chimene <jchim...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> On 07/17/2010 08:23 PM, Magnus wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi Rajeev! >>>> >> >>>> >>>>>> I always installed eclipse as root, i. e. extracting the tar >>>> archive >>>> >>>>>> as root into /usr/local/eclipse and changing the ownership of all >>>> >>>>>> files and folders to root. >>>> >> >>>> >>>>> You shouldn't need to change the ownership. If you're really >>>> extracting >>>> >>> the >>>> >>>>> files as root, then they are already owned by root. >>>> >> >>>> >>>> No: >>>> >>>> drwxr-sr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-07-18 05:07 . >>>> >>>> drwxr-sr-x 12 root root 4096 2010-07-12 19:10 .. >>>> >>>> drwxrwsr-x 9 Debian-exim users 4096 2010-06-17 17:15 eclipse >>>> >> >>>> >> Do you remember the tar command you use to extract the files? I'm >>>> wondering >>>> >> if you're preserving the owner specified in the ** archive. >>>> > >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>>> To post to this group, send email to >>>> google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>>> . >>>> For more options, visit this group at >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>>> >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to google-web-toolkit@googlegroups.com >>> . >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >>> . >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Google Web Toolkit" group. >> To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<google-web-toolkit%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google Web Toolkit" group. To post to this group, send email to google-web-tool...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-web-toolkit+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-web-toolkit?hl=en.