Reinstall Eclipse without using old configurations

mihai_seba
   12 years ago
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I like to develop java apps so I need a good compiler like Eclipse. But I did a mistake. I installed some updates and after that my compiler didn't work properly: I couldn't create a java project or an Android project. So what to do?

 
I thought that uninstalling and reinstalling the application would work, like in Microsoft OS. But not... I  had to remove the old configurations...
So I tried some ideas and now I'll show you how to reinstall Eclipse without using old configurations.
 
  1. uninstall Eclipse using Software Manager or from terminal: sudo apt-get remove eclipse;
  2. type ALT+F2 and then open nautilus as root( gksu nautilus);
  3. go to HOME, press CTRL+H to view hidden directories and delete .eclipse directory;
  4. install Eclipse using Software Manager or from terminal: sudo apt-get install eclipse.
And now it should work...