eclipse doesn't find swt-gtk libraries, need to set LD_LIBRARY_PATH

[Matthias Klose]

Binary package hint: eclipse

Please use the attached script to find the swt-gtk libs, so that the internal browser works. This is a workaround until eclipse (or the build system is fixed).

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

This bug was fixed in the package eclipse - 3.5.1-0ubuntu2

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eclipse (3.5.1-0ubuntu2) karmic; urgency=low

  * New snapshot from eclipse-build.
    - Apply GTK 2.18 z-order patch (LP: #443004).
  * Remove unversioned swt.jar link (LP: #446155).
  * Add wrapper script for setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH (LP: #445842).
  * Call remove with -f to fix FTBFS on powerpc.

 -- Benjamin Drung <email address hidden> Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:41:39 +0200

[Roger Parkinson (9-roger)]

I am getting this (or a similar issue). Here's my error:
!ENTRY org.eclipse.jface 4 0 2011-08-16 17:58:04.832
!MESSAGE Unhandled event loop exception during blocked modal context.
!STACK 0
org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Failed to execute runnable (org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles [MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME='/usr/lib/xulrunner-addons'] (java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: Could not load SWT library. Reasons:
 /opt/eclipse_36_java/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi/bundles/203/1/.cp/libswt-mozilla-gtk-3659.so: libxpcom.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 no swt-mozilla-gtk in java.library.path
 /tmp/swtlib-32/libswt-mozilla-gtk-3659.so: libxpcom.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory
 Can't load library: /tmp/swtlib-32/libswt-mozilla-gtk.so
))

I installed xulrunner (2.0) and also libswt-mozilla-gtk-3.5-jni
and that has fixed it.

Versions:
Helios Service Release 2 Build id: 20110218-0911 (fresh install)
Firefox 5.0
Ubuntu 11.04 (32 bit)