Subclipse plugin doesn't work in Eclipse?

Question

Hi, even though there was no error when installing Subclipse in Eclipse. I won't see the SVN perspective at all? I have tried with "Eclipse Classic 3.5.1" and with "Eclipse for PHP Developers". After downloading and unzipping the packages I used Eclipse's "Install Software" mechanism to install Subclipse 1.6.x. I followed the steps described here: http://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/jreality/mediawiki/index.php/Subclipse_installation_in_eclipse_galileo.

But after Eclipse re-starts I don't get any SVN Repository perspective? I have tried to un-install/re-install all the software components many times now. Finally after 3 hours of trying I am giving up. Does anyone have any hint what I am missing?

Thanks!

Peter

Answer 1

I don't know what you are looking for. But after installing the Subclipse plugin, you should have a new entry in the File | New | Project dialog. Something along the lines of "Checkout project from SVN"

Then when you hit continue, you can enter your SVN repository details, check the branch you are interested in, etc. After checking out a project, you can right click on it and go to the "Team" submenu to get the features provided by Subclipse like check in code, diff, merge, etc.

Answer 2

Perfectly answered by Caesar. There is nothing like a stand-alone subversion perspective for Eclipse.

Answer 3

Another way to check and see if the whole thing was installed correctly is to go to the SVN Repositories view. Go to Window -> Show View -> Other, and then search for SVN. If you see a bunch of SVN views like "Repositories," Subclipse is installed.

Answer 4

I ran into the exact same problem too. I installed both Subclipse and GWT/GAE plugins and couldn't find any evidence of them after installation.

I'm on Windows 7 and had installed Eclipse 3.5 SR2 into C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse-3.5. I also put my workspace in C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse-3.5\workspace. When I was checking things I noticed there was a lock icon on the C:\Program Files (x86)\eclipse-3.5\workspace.

I reinstalled Eclipse to C:\dev\eclipse and the workspace to C:\dev\eclipse\workspace. After that the installation of the plugins went without a hitch and I could see the SVN Repository Exploring perspective (no idea why some of the other posters claim this perspective doesn't exist). I suspect it was some sort of permissions problem on the directories.

Answer 5

I had this problem due to some kind of incompatibility between Subclipse and Android ADT plugins. One answer suggested yoxos which gives you all your eclipse plugins from one central repository.

Answer 6

This ever get resolved? I installed subclipse ages ago and it worked but since I installed Remote Systems Explorer I lost subclipse from my resources and from my views. I uninstalled rse but subclipse was still gone. It was installed still according to the software list in the installed software tab of the eclipse platform installation details. I went to a svn project and checked the team list and only saw 'Apply Patch' as an option and no subclipse versions. I went to File / New / Project and the only thing showing in the 'New Project' dialog was 'Project'. I uninstalled subclipse and reinstalled from subclipse - http://subclipse.tigris.org/update_1.6.x but still can't get a subclipse resource. Subclipse remains in the installed software tab but there is no evidence of it. Must I uninstall eclipse and reinstall eclipse to resolve this. I also removed all lock files found within eclipse prior to installing a new subclipse but this did not help. Any ideas?

Answer 7

I had the same problem. I use Windows 7 64 bits OS. I clean read-only flag of eclipse folder in C:\Program Files (x86) and give full access right to all users on my PC. I reinstalled it from update site and it works.

Answer 8

+1 for Everett's suggestion. I had my eclipse install in C:\Program Files (x86)\ and had the same issues with the PyDev plugin on Windows 7. I moved my eclipse install to C:\opt\eclipse, reinstalled PyDev and it finally showed up in Eclipse. Everything works fine now.

Answer 9

+1 for Everett Toews's suggestion. I've installed my eclipse in C:\Program file(x86)\ and tried to install Subclipse but I was not able to see its perspective. Later on, I moved my eclipse to C:\ and installed Subclipse again. It works like a charm and I'm able to see the SVN view.

You saved my life! Thanks.

Answer 10

Had the same problem. I work on Linux, and when I installed eclipse in /usr/local/eclipse, Subclipse did not show up. The solution was to install Eclipse locally, e.g. in /home/user/eclipse. Now Subclipse (and other plugins too) worked!

Edit: guess it could be the same on Windows.

Answer 11

I think this is due to some incompatibilities between the packages of subclipse and the gwt 2.x plugin and android... as this started happen to me after I upgrade to v 2.0 of gwt back in the day.

The same issue repeats both on Mac and Windows... and it seems no fix has been released.

Now the only way I've found to move on with my work is to remove subclipse and install the latest subversive plugin instead.

http://www.eclipse.org/subversive/

I know this ain't subclipse but it works very similar and no issues with gwt nor android plugins.

it worked for me and so I hope it works for you in the mean time.

cheers,

G.

Answer 12

I just had this same issue with Ubuntu. It turned out to be permissions. Once I gave write permissions to everywhere in my eclipse installation and then reinstalled subclipse, its views and so forth appeared, just like magic.

Answer 13

This is a known bug with subclipse: http://subclipse.tigris.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=992

EDIT For anyone keeping track of this, it looks like Eclipse Helios SR1 may have fixed the issue. I haven't tested it myself yet, but by the sounds of the discussion at https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=322929 it should now be working.

Answer 14

I had the same problem, not only with subclipse, but also with RSE etc. I made a fresh install in C:\ (not in C:\Program Files) and it worked. There is a permission problem under win Vista (and 7 maybe) with C:\Program Files, wellknown to xampp users