Eclipse not starting after upgrading from Juno to Kepler

Question

I followed the instructions at http://wiki.eclipse.org/FAQ_How_do_I_upgrade_Eclipse%3F but, unfortunately, the eclipse doesn't start anymore. I can select a workspace and then it stops with the error "An error has occurred. See the log file .... metadata.log

The log file displays a bunch of errors that:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2013-08-22 06:43:34.234 !MESSAGE Unable to create class 'org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.CommandServiceAddon' from bundle '283' !STACK 0 org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: Unable to process "CommandServiceAddon#init()": no actual value was found for the argument "IEclipseContext". at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.reportUnresolvedArgument(InjectorImpl.java:412) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:874) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:119) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:333) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:267) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:186) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:105) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:49) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:276) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:581) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426) !ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2013-08-22 06:43:34.250 !MESSAGE Unable to create class 'org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.addons.CommandProcessingAddon' from bundle '299' !STACK 0 org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: Unable to process "CommandProcessingAddon.commandService": no actual value was found for the argument "ECommandService". at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.reportUnresolvedArgument(InjectorImpl.java:412) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.resolveRequestorArgs(InjectorImpl.java:403) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:108) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:333) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:267) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:186) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:105) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:49) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:276) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:581) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426) !ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2013-08-22 06:43:34.250 !MESSAGE Unable to create class 'org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon' from bundle '302' !STACK 0 org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: Unable to process "BindingProcessingAddon.commandService": no actual value was found for the argument "ECommandService". at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.reportUnresolvedArgument(InjectorImpl.java:412) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.resolveRequestorArgs(InjectorImpl.java:403) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:108) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:333) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:267) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:186) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:105) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:49) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:276) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:581) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426) !ENTRY org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench 4 0 2013-08-22 06:43:34.281 !MESSAGE Unable to create class 'org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.addons.HandlerProcessingAddon' from bundle '299' !STACK 0 org.eclipse.e4.core.di.InjectionException: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:63) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:877) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.inject(InjectorImpl.java:119) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:333) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:267) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:186) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:105) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:71) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:49) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:276) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$5.run(Workbench.java:581) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:332) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:567) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:150) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:124) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:196) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:110) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:79) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:354) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:181) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:636) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:591) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1450) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1426) Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.addons.HandlerProcessingAddon.processActiveHandler(HandlerProcessingAddon.java:162) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.addons.HandlerProcessingAddon.postConstruct(HandlerProcessingAddon.java:59) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:57) at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:601) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:56) ... 27 more !ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2013-08-22 06:43:34.343 !MESSAGE Application error !STACK 1 java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation: when resolving method "org.eclipse.e4.core.commands.ExpressionContext.<init>(Lorg/eclipse/e4/core/contexts/IEclipseContext;)V" the class loader (instance of org/eclipse/osgi/internal/baseadaptor/DefaultClassLoader) of the current class, org/eclipse/ui/internal/services/EvaluationService, and the class loader (instance of org/eclipse/osgi/internal/baseadaptor/DefaultClassLoader) for resolved class, org/eclipse/e4/core/commands/ExpressionContext, have different Class objects for the type se/e4/core/contexts/IEclipseContext;)V used in the signature at org.eclipse.ui.internal.services.EvaluationService.<init>(EvaluationService.java:85) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.init(Workbench.java:1529) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.access$39(Workbench.java:1511) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench$58.run(Workbench.java:2672) 

Is there any eclipse guru who could help me?

Thanks.

Answer 1

I had the same problem today after upgrading from Juno to Kepler. I solved it as follows:

Make a backup copy of the file:

 eclipse\configuration\org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator\bundles.info 

Then manually edit the source file, find and remove all duplicate packages. For each duplicate you find, save the number with the most recent version number. For instance. I had lines like:

 org.eclipse.core.commands,3.6.1.v20120814-150512,plugins/org.eclipse.core.commands_3.6.1.v20120814-150512.jar,4,false org.eclipse.core.commands,3.6.100.v20130515-1857,plugins/org.eclipse.core.commands_3.6.100.v20130515-1857.jar,4,false 

In this case, I deleted line 3.6.1 and saved line 3.6.10 . Be careful only to delete lines where the name before the first comma is identical.

After that, run Eclipse with the -clean flag and you should be up.

Answer 2

Today I faced the same problem after some updates, I decided to restart eclipse using the -clean on the command line.

Answer 3

Thanks to answer simonp, I solved this problem. In my case (using Linux) the file was here:

 /opt/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info 

This command can help you find duplicate rows (it tells you which rows are duplicated and how many times):

 cat /opt/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info | cut -d "," -f 1 | uniq --count | sort -n | tr -s " " | grep -v "^ 1"