I had the same problem. I can now start eclipse by doing this: apt-get remove --purge `dpkg -l |grep eclipse|awk '{print $2}'` `dpkg -l |grep libswt|awk '{print $2}'`
rm -rf /usr/share/eclise /usr/lib/eclipse apt-get install eclipse Eclipse now runs. The only problem is that it does not close when closing the application (File-Exit): 25524 pts/3 S+ 0:00 /usr/lib/eclipse/eclipse -vm /usr/lib/jvm/java-1.5.0-sun/bin/java -install /usr/lib/eclipse -startup /usr I will open an other bug report for this problem. -- Eclipse will not start (Edgy) https://launchpad.net/bugs/68053 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs