Eclipse executable launcher error: Unable to locate companion shared library

Question

I had Eclipse Indigo installed on my computer with the Android plugin and it was working perfectly for about two weeks. Today, I updated java and quicktime then restarted my

Answer 1

I encountered this error with the Eclipse 4.10 installer. We had failed to complete the install correctly due to platform security settings and attempted to uninstall but had to do it by hand since no uninstaller was introduced during the failed install. We suspected this corrupted the end result - even after re-installing.

The solution was to use the JVM to launch Eclipse and bypass the launcher executable entirely. The following command successfully launches Eclipse 4.10 (some parameters will change based on the version of Eclipse):

%JDK190%\bin\javaw.exe -jar C:\<fully_qualified_path_to_eclipse>\Eclipse410\plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.5.200.v20180922-1751.jar -clean -showsplash

After using this command/shortcut to launch Eclipse we had no further errors with Eclipse itself but we weren't able to use the EXE launcher in the future. Even after a year of using this version, the launcher continues to display this same error.

To be clear, you'll have to modify your javaw.exe command to match your system specifications on MS Windows.

Answer 2

I had the same problem when I was trying to install it on Windows 8. But it was an zip composed file.... Ones I unzip and Run "eclipes.exe" file as run As 'Administrator' it was resolved. Now I am enjoying it very well.

Answer 3

I've just encountered the same issue. The problem for me was Windows 7 default unzipper program. It has a problem when it encounters files that have a deep file structure. I read about this issue some time ago but can't recall the article. Fix for me is to unzip the Eclipse download using WinZip (or some other tool which does'nt have this issue).

Answer 4

if you are having two eclipse then sometime this happens

you only have to remove

-startup
plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar 

from eclipse.ini file beside eclipse.exe(Launcher)

Answer 5

During unzip in a cygwin directory on Win7, .exe and .dll need to be given executable mode. This is the solution from a mintty (or other $TERM) terminal run with cygwin on windows 7:

me@mymachine ~/eclipse
$ find . -name "*.dll" -exec chmod +x {} \;

tried with Juno (eclipse 4.2) freshly unzipped, cygwin 1.7.something

Answer 6

Solution for Mac

Reason: Eclipse copies from one location to other

Solution: Paths change needed in /Applications/eclipse/Eclipse.app/Contents/MacOS/eclipse.ini

Fix path for plugins\org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.100.v20080509-1800.jar