I usually do all my java development on linux, using fedora package manager setting up a development environment is easy and fast.

Now I have to start using windows but I never used it for java development and im having a few difficulties having it setup.

So I downloaded and installed thye java 6 JDK (just the standard edition, not the EE) and installed it.

Next I downloaded eclipse classic package, which doesnt have an installer, you just unzip it and run it.

I had to add the java bin directory to the PATH variable, which I did.

But when I start eclipse.exe I get this:

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I already made a new environment variable called CLASSPATH and add the d:/java sdk/lib directory to it, but it the same thing. Am I missing something?

Thanks.

UPDATE: so i wrote the path to the java.exe on the eclipse.ini file (linking to jvm.dll didnt work) and now it just opens a console window for a few seconds and then closes (doesnt output anything).

also launching it like: java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.0.v20070208a.jar make the vm work for about 1-2 seconds and then it returns, with no outputs.

UPDATE2: i didnt know it was writting a log file, found it and read it and it said i was using GWT x32 libraries on a x64 VM, so i just downloaded an eclipse x64 version and it worked. i still had to use the .ini trick to say where the JVM is installed.

thanks a lot for the help.