Installation doesn't work: Unable to create resource URLImageDescriptor

[Kosha-account]

• I verified I can reproduce this issue against latest Integration Build of Eclipse SDK

Version: 2024-06 (4.32.0)
Build id: 20240606-1231

Steps to reproduce

From a fresh installation and clean workspace:

• Download package https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2024-06/R/eclipse-java-2024-06-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
• Unzip it
• Run /eclipse

OR

• Download Eclipse installer https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/oomph/epp/2024-06/R/eclipse-inst-jre-linux64.tar.gz
• Unzip it
• Run /eclipse-inst
• Selected [Eclipse IDE for Enterprise Java and Web Developers]
• Run installation
• Run /eclipse

I tried

• Run /eclipse

I expected: Regular Eclipse window

But got: Eclipse window with many errors(see screenshot)

Here is attached log exported from Eclipse Workspace log tab

eclipse.log

Tested under this environment:

• OS & version: Linux Mint 21.3
• Eclipse IDE/Platform version (as shown in Help > About):
• Version: 2024-06 (4.32.0)
  Build id: 20240606-1231

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[jonahgraham]

This works for me on Linux too - the specific image that is raising an error is displayed as expected:

[jonahgraham]

I am on Xubuntu 22.04, so a bit older linux. My guess is there is a problem related to the newer Linux version (Mint 21.3 release date is early 2024).

Download package https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/2024-06/R/eclipse-java-2024-06-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

The screenshots and error log are from JEE, but this step in your instructions says download Java version. Does the Java version (eclipse-java-2024-06-R) suffer from the same problem (but presumably different icons in error message)?

[jonahgraham]

PS. As a workaround until we resolve this issue (assuming it is only affecting the Project Explorer badly). Close the Project Explorer, create a new project and then when you reopen the project explorer it shouldn't need to create those icons.

[Kosha-account]

The screenshots and error log are from JEE, but this step in your instructions says download Java version. Does the Java version (eclipse-java-2024-06-R) suffer from the same problem (but presumably different icons in error message)?

Oh, my bad, sorry, just mistacked with a link, actually was downloaded JEE version, just typo when filled the issue page, don't know if pure Java version has same problem.

ps. As workaround currently installed previous version and updated from it.
Yet image errors on initial Java EE perspective(see screenshot), but noticed other similar error-popups when imported Maven project. Probably some other's views images missed too.

[Phillipus]

Looking at the error log all the images that couldn't be loaded are .gif format. We had a user of our RCP app report that some Linux distros have disabled support for some image formats. See archimatetool/archi#1036 (comment) and https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/commit/e052a112075a19fb75f1f2ff3de4c82923de13f2

The Linux Mint 21.3. MATE version is Gnome based and that might be the case for that version.

@igornem1 Are you using the MATE version?

[jonahgraham]

Thanks @Phillipus for the insight. The changes in gdk-pixbuf are pretty recent and I can imagine we are about to start seeing the rollout of that change to early adopters of new versions. There was some discussion of reverting the change (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/merge_requests/169) but that doesn't seem to have happened.

Quoting from that last link:

The fix for most applications is trivial: just convert whatever icons are affected to png.

A quick count shows almost 1000 gifs in the various platform/jdt/pde/equinox projects and an impressive 32k across all projects in SimRel.

@akurtakov have you heard of this potential problem?

[Phillipus]

There was some discussion of reverting the change (https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gdk-pixbuf/-/merge_requests/169) but that doesn't seem to have happened.

I'm not sure if this a revert? https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-build-meta/-/issues/846

[akurtakov]

First time I hear of anything like this.

[Kosha-account]

@igornem1 Are you using the MATE version?

Nop, the Cinnamon version

[Phillipus]

Nop, the Cinnamon version

So am I but gif images are showing OK.

[Kosha-account]

Nop, the Cinnamon version

So am I but gif images are showing OK.

Bingo!

[Phillipus]

So why are gifs OK on my version of Linux Mint?

[Kosha-account]

So why are gifs OK on my version of Linux Mint?

I would be happy to know it

[nitind]

Are you able to query what version of the gdk library is installed?

[Kosha-account]

And another case, for example in the log was errors similar to:
!MESSAGE The image could not be loaded: URLImageDescriptor(platform:/plugin/org.eclipse.jst.servlet.ui/icons/full/ctool16/newservlet_wiz.gif)

So I've paid attention that in archive either installed by installer the folder doesn't contain folder "plugin", but "plugins", but anyway the file "newservlet_wiz.gif" doesn't exists at all