I have org.eclipse.platform_3.8_155965261
installed in my pc and yesterday I upgraded my linux mint 18.3 to 19. after that eclipse stopped working showing error message
An error has occured. See the log file
I have reinstalled it but it was not Beneficial.
tried this but that's also worth.
This is the log
!SESSION Tue Jul 17 08:50:57 IST 2018 ------------------------------------------
!ENTRY org.eclipse.equinox.launcher 4 0 2018-07-17 08:50:57.425
!MESSAGE Exception launching the Eclipse Platform:
!STACK
java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter
at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:609)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClassHelper(ClassLoader.java:926)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:871)
at java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:854)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:626)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:584)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1438)
at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1414)
Best Answer
Bug #891956
This sounds like your issue, titled: Debian Bug report logs - #891956 eclipse no starting -ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.
the suggestion in that bug was to do this:
Bug #898086
Based on the stack trace there's also this bug titled: Debian Bug report logs - #898086 Missing symlink of org.eclipse.osgi jar.
This looks like your exact issue. This particular bug is still active and has no resolution or workaround.