Eclipse installation (solved)

[dsherman26]

I seem to be running into something that seems like there should be a simple way around it.  I tried installing Eclipse through Synaptic, but it wouldn't launch.  I downloaded the installer from eclipse.org, and I can run the installer using sudo.  However, once it has installed and launched, I can only run it using sudo.  Is there a nice way of getting around that?  I tried installing it in /usr/bin/eclipse, but it looks like it put some things in /root and only gave them root access.

[Howling Wolf]

Hi, I use NetBeans but IMHO there's no major difference.  Try to take the ownership of the related stuff using chown.

[murraymint]

I can run the installer using sudo.  However, once it has installed and launched, I can only run it using sudo.

Install it without sudo in your home folder which you already have permissions for:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/695382/how-to-install-eclipse-using-its-installer

[dsherman26]

OK, I swear I had previously tried running the installer without sudo and it didn't get very far before it coughed up an error.  Like it didn't even get to the point where I specify where it goes.  This time I ran it myself, used my own directory, and it worked.   False alarm, it's working now.

Incidentally, this was for C++ not Java.