Anyway, I wanted to get the full Java JDK to support ANT and so, I dutifully did so. Only when I did, Eclipse would't start. I got a huge ugly dialog box which started with:
JVM Terminated: Error Code=-1
followed by a ton of parameter information.
What followed I won't detail here, but it suffices to say I lost a couple of hours of my time. I tried all kinds of things to get it work, but nothing. I even installed netbeans in an attempt to verify that Java was working.
Turns out it was all my goof:
I'd installed the 64bit version of Java, and Eclipse only states it is supported on 32. Now, it doesn't say it won't support 64, and makes a point of saying it should work fine on all platforms. I could have screamed when I realized it was that simple.
Sure wish that first dialog box had said something a little more helpful!
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