Getting Eclipse to work in Linux

Getting Eclipse to start in Linux is a nighmare. You can't just double click on stuff like in Windows. Right now, the error I get when I try and start eclipse, I get the error:

JVM terminated. Exit code=13
/usr/local/jdk1.6.0_05/bin/java
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-jar /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.1.R33x_v20080118.jar
-os linux
-ws gtk
-arch x86_64
-showsplash
-launcher /usr/local/eclipse/eclipse
-name Eclipse
--launcher.library /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.0.3.R33x_v20080118/eclipse_1023.so
-startup /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.1.R33x_v20080118.jar
-exitdata aa8030
-vm /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_05/bin/java
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
-Xms40m
-Xmx512m
-jar /usr/local/eclipse/plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.0.1.R33x_v20080118.jar

I launched the thing using
/usr/local/eclipse/eclipse -vm /usr/local/jdk1.6.0_05/bin/

Lets see how it goes... I am not giving up yet.

Sorry, I promise to do better

To my dear mentor and to my team mate... I do apologise for my lack of working. Its past 1am and I am up. But I assure you I have an ace up my sleeve now, I promise. What is it? Ubuntu 8. Installed via Wubi.

All I need to do now is apt-get install eclipse... okay, well maybe that was a dumb thing to say. I'll do in manually of course. But I assure you, now that I have a happy development environment without any crazy ass security (aside from selinux, but that's another story). I will be back soon, I promise. In the meantime, join the revolution, join Mao and step on the Tibetans... Not.

Nemo me impune lacessit as the good lads from the Black Watch would say. BTW, little known trivia fact; I do indeed own an 18 oz Black Watch kilt with highland hose and flashes... no sporran though. Yet.