eclipse takes long time to initialize

Question

After selecting the workspace, eclipse takes about 10 minutes to initialize? What could be the problem?

Answer 1

Try this:

• Close unnecessary running process then run
• Optimize your OS with various tips out there
• Try to Reinstall it if none worked
• Or simply Increase your RAM

Answer 2

Eclipse shouldn't take this long to initialize unless you have a lot of plugins (especially buggy ones) installed. Do you get the slowdown after the workbench is already shown? That could indicate a plugin.

You may want to verify with your Eclipse installation how much max heap it is allocated. Eclipse traditionally ships with a very low default for modern machines. If you are on Windows, look at eclipse.ini in your Eclipse directory and change the -Xmx parameter to something meaningful (e.g., 2048M)

Answer 3

Try:

• this eclipse.ini
• running eclipse with the -clean option

Such a long startup time is usually the sign of some kind of timeout, because a resource (path, internet address?) does not respond.