Pin Eclipse to taskbar in Windows 7
There’s an issue with pinning Eclipse to the Windows 7 taskbar on 64-bit systems. Fortunately one of the suggested workarounds does the trick for me.
Problems with Eclipse 3.6 Helios plugins on Windows 7
I like to stay up-to-date with the latest Eclipse releases, often times using release candidates weeks before an actual release. The Eclipse release candidates, generally speaking, are top-notch and free of problems. So I was very surprised to discover a major problem with the 3.6 release almost immediately.
the problem
The problem was this: plugins did not appear to work. I dutifully installed my standard plugin set using the Update Manager but discovered no evidence of the effort after a restart. Subclipse? Missing. Mousefeed? FindBugs? nWire? Missing! Read more
Eclipse on Ubuntu without GCJ
Software packages from Ubuntu repositories can have some interesting and problematic dependencies. One such example is Ubuntu’s dependency on GCJ for Ant.
Ubuntu’s Eclipse package also depends on GCJ. If you wish to avoid this dependency, simply download the appropriate binary distribution from the Eclipse download site, extract to the location of your choice, and run Eclipse.
Before using Eclipse, be sure you have Sun’s JRE installed and configured as the default JRE.
Ant on Ubuntu without GCJ
You may be surprised to learn Ant requires GCJ when installed through Synaptic or apt on Ubuntu. GCJ is GNU’s Java compiler. When you’re using Sun’s JDK and compiler, GCJ can get in the way — at worst it creates conflicts; at best it causes confusion.
Here’s how I installed Ant on Ubuntu without GCJ. Read more
