Cannot start eclipse when installed from Ubuntu repos

Bug #731852 reported by iPeel
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: eclipse

After a fresh install of Natty A3 on an X64 system I get the following when I attempt to start eclipse:

An error has occurred. See the log file
~/workspace/.metadata/.log.

The logfile contains:

eclipse.buildId=M20100211-1343
java.version=1.6.0_22
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
BootLoader constants: OS=linux, ARCH=x86_64, WS=gtk, NL=en_GB
Command-line arguments: -os linux -ws gtk -arch x86_64

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2011-03-09 09:54:46.735
!MESSAGE Application error
!STACK 1
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: no swt-gtk-3557 or swt-gtk in swt.library.path, java.library.path or the jar file
 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:254)
 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Library.loadLibrary(Library.java:159)
 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.C.<clinit>(C.java:21)
 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:63)
 at org.eclipse.swt.internal.Converter.wcsToMbcs(Converter.java:54)
 at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.<clinit>(Display.java:131)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createDisplay(Workbench.java:516)
 at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createDisplay(PlatformUI.java:161)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.createDisplay(IDEApplication.java:143)
 at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:88)
 at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:194)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:368)
 at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:179)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:616)
 at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:559)
 at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:514)
 at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1311)
 at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1287)

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: eclipse (not installed)
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.38-5.32-generic 2.6.38-rc6
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-5-generic x86_64
Architecture: amd64
Date: Wed Mar 9 09:56:02 2011
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha amd64 (20110302)
ProcEnviron:
 LANGUAGE=en_GB:en
 LANG=en_GB.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: eclipse
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
xulrunner-versions:

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Hans Joachim Desserud (hjd) wrote :

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. This particular bug has already been reported and is a duplicate of bug 728825, so it is being marked as such. Please look at the other bug report to see if there is any missing information that you can provide, or to see if there is a workaround for the bug. Additionally, any further discussion regarding the bug should occur in the other report. Feel free to continue to report any other bugs you may find.

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