[Pydev-users] Eclipse pydev installation

[Gary R. <gar...@ve...>]

Hello again;

I am having fits getting Eclipse to work. First the OS info:

Debian Linux stretch version
KDE Desktop
Intel i5-750 processor ( 64 bit, 4 processors, 2.65 GHz)

When I start Eclipse with an empty workspace and no plugins installed 
the java package settles out and everything seems to be OK. When I 
access Help -> Marketplace sometimes marketplace hangs and java starts 
using about 25% of my total cpu time. This lasts indefinitely. I can not 
close the Eclipse application unless I go into the process table and 
either kill java or select "show application window" (I am using the KDE 
System Monitor.) If I go to install software and select a source the 
application shows pending and hangs there. If I actually do get market 
place to work and manage to download pydev, django doesn't show up 
anywhere in the Eclipse application. I haven't gotten to the point of 
creating a project yet.

I have installed the application from 
eclipse-java-mars-1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz. I unpack the file to an 
eclipse directory. I open the directory and, using Dolphin, drag and 
dropped the directory in the eclipse directory into the /opt directory. 
I then create a softlink with: ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse 
/usr/local/bin/eclipse.
I set up the desktop icon using the KDE application editor.

This problem is hard to characterize. Both hanging and excessive cpu 
usage by java are involved. Both can be brought on by more than one action.

I hope someone can shed some light on the issues. Your help will be 
sincerely appreciated.

Gary R.