eclipse doesn't work with ubuntu 16.04

Question

I just installed ubuntu 16.04 and downloaded eclipse and extracted. When i start eclipse the welcome page is empty.

When i start the eclipse marketplace nothing happ

Answer 1

It's probably due to the GTK 3 SWT implementation. Eclipse should work perfectly with GTK 2, but uses GTK 3 on recent ubuntu.

Do a test in the command line to verify it:

1. Disable GTK: export SWT_GTK3=0

2. Launch eclipse in the same session: eclipse

If it works, make it permanent. Locate eclipse.desktop and add:

Exec=env SWT_GTK3=0 eclipse