Install Sloeber on Linux Mint ( 21.1) - product bundle does not install

[quax1]

Hello Slantje,

you did a great job with sloeber - thank you so much - it is the first time I use something else than Arduino IDE and I love Eclipse/Sloeber.

I have installed sloeber successfully on windows 10, but I cannot do it on Linux Mint - which I would prefer to use. I think this can be solved easily - but I have tried for days and now I surrender.

I tried the following:

Install sloeber product as downloaded from your website, however the installer does not start - because java is missing, it gives errors like
JVM terminated. Exit code=13
/home/matthias/Downloads/Sloeber//plugins/org.eclipse.justj.openjdk.hotspot.jre.full.linux.x86_64_17.0.3.v20220515-1416/jre/bin/java
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=11

I tried to copy the Java directory from a new arduino installation into sloeber, but it did not work either.

I have the fresh and newest version of linux mint 21.1 based on Ubuntu Jammy, which comes with openjdk version "11.0.17" (which should work as it is between 10 and 16 )
My system:
Distributor ID: Linuxmint Cinnamon
Description: Linux Mint 21.1
Release: 21.1
Codename: vera
java -version
openjdk version "11.0.17" 2022-10-18
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (build 11.0.17+8-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu222.04)
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 11.0.17+8-post-Ubuntu-1ubuntu222.04, mixed mode, sharing)

I tried to install the newest version of Eclipse and sloeber as a plugin, but this did not work either. It worked in win10 but not in Linux:

In windows 10 I was successfull with the following

1. install eclipse 2022-12
2. install sloeber via marketplace -- gives the nebula error
3. install new software, added the missing nebula repositories, https://download.eclipse.org/nebula/releases/latest/ and installed it.
4. install sloeber via marketplace again - now runs fine

but this does not succeed with linux mint, here sloeber gives a lot of errors when compiling

One comment: the instruction on github "Tutorial for Sloeber beginners" is excellent and would be very helpful on your website.
#1342

[jantje]

Sorry to hear about your problems.
Have you seen this issue: #1543
As to me these are the same problems you encountered.
IMHO these are new security issues with Linux
Here is how I see the workaround:
#1543 (comment)

[jantje]

closing as duplicate of #1543