How to install RTC 4 with Eclipse 3.7.x on 64 Bit Ubuntu 12.10

demetrios dimatos (11●1●2) | asked Feb 21 '13, 7:14 p.m.

I have Ubuntu 64 Bit 12.10, RTC 4.0 both Eclipse 3.7.2 and 4.2.1 and when in the Team Advisor, the embedded browser displays:
"Failed to create web browser. Instructions for configuring the embedded browser can be found here:
http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php"

When I start eclipse I get an XPCOMM error:
       XPCOM error 0x80004005 , if I have set -Dorg.eclipse.swt.browser.XULRunnerPath=/opt/xulrunner
       I have tried also setting this path to /usr/lib/firefox /usr/lib/mozilla and even a 32 bit xulrunner
When I don't set the XULRunnerPath the XPCOMM I get a different XPCOMM error:
      XPCOM error -2147467259

I have tried even writing a script that sets some ENV's:
    #export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/webkitgtk-3.0-0/libexec
    export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/firefox
    export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME:$LD_LIBRARY_PATH
    eclipse $*

I know I am running an unsupported version of Ubuntu but in the past I have always been able to point it to an xulrunner on Linux Mint 11 (32 bit) , Ubuntu 10, 11 (32 bit) and it has always worked. This is my first experience with the 64Bit Arch. I did follow both these posts and many more:
https://jazz.net/forum/questions/93231/how-to-install-rtc-40-on-ubuntu-1204
http://askubuntu.com/questions/125980/how-do-i-install-xulrunner-in-12-04

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Tim Mok (6.6k●3●8) | answered Feb 22 '13, 9:55 a.m.
JAZZ DEVELOPER

You'll need a 64-bit xulrunner, which I believe is only available in nightly builds.

http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/

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demetrios dimatos commented Feb 22 '13, 1:24 p.m.

Thanks Tim,
I did tried the nightly build, matched the right xulrunner to my eclipse release using this link: http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#browserlinux
Tried it for both my eclipse installs 3.7.2 and 4.2 both resulting in an XPCOMM error noted above.
I also had gotten the x686 xulrunner before from here before posting originally:
https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/
Thanks for trying to help.

Tim Mok commented Feb 22 '13, 4:52 p.m.

JAZZ DEVELOPER

http://www.eclipse.org/swt/faq.php#specifyxulrunner Did you specify the xulrunner to use by editing the eclipse.ini file? That's what I did with my 64-bit install.

demetrios dimatos commented Feb 25 '13, 1:51 p.m.

I did specify it in the eclipse.ini as well as trying to craft the other script solution. I am not unfamiliar with this problem its been something I had to deal with the last 2 years using RTC and Eclipse since 3.6.2.

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demetrios dimatos (11●1●2) | answered Feb 25 '13, 2:00 p.m.

Although not a solution, Ubuntu 12.10 64bit on the W520 hardware has been nothing but problematic (many other issues) and I do need this PC to do my job. I decided to install Ubuntu 12.04 LTS 32 Bit and reverted back to my last known successful pairing; Eclipse 3.6.2 and RTC 3.0.1.2. At least this way can take my time to find a solution for RTC 4.x.

This pairing will need you to specify the xulrunner in the eclipse.ini file, I used xulrunner 1.9.2, hope this helps others.

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Tim Mok commented Feb 25 '13, 2:22 p.m.

JAZZ DEVELOPER

I'm also running on a W520 with Linux Mint 14 and I'm using Eclipse 3.8.1 + RTC 4.0.3 M1 using xulrunner 1.9.2 (build id: 20101227033307). Hopefully, that will help narrow down the problem.

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