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Re: Javahl interface not available

From: Brad O'Hearne <brado_at_neurofire.com>
Date: 2005-01-25 17:19:37 CET

Chris,

I just had the same exact experience, and wasted a day and a half trying
to search for info get the Javahl native built, to no avail. I
downloaded source, compiled, blah blah blah, followed different sets of
instructions from 3-4 different web sites (including
http://subclipse.tigris.org) to no avail. I never could get this binary
built.

My solution was using the pure-Java implementation of this library,
here's a quote from Alexander Kitaev:

You may get pure java subversion library at http://tmate.org/svn/
This library is not an Eclipse subversion client, but it could be integrated
into Subclipse to replace javahl. Read detailed instructions on how to make
Subclipse use java library instead of javahl at
http://tmate.org/svn/subclipse.html

On a related note, the fact that step by step instructions to build the
natives (that work) are nowhere on the subclipse web site, that
pre-built natives for common platforms (such as fedora) are not
available there either, and/or that there is no reference to this pure
Java implementation on the Subclipse project page is an absolute hole in
the project. Its a shame to have valuable work discarded and not used by
the public because of what probably amounts to a minor documentation
issue, a paragraph at most probably. Stuff like this sadly becomes the
poster-child for criticisms against open source. In my case, it nearly
resulted in a potential dumping of subclipse altogether. Everybody loves
the programming. Everybody hates documentation. But the lack of
documentation sends people out the door.

Thanks to the native Java implementation, this isn't the case. :-)

Brad

Chris Curvey wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Trying to get subclipse working on Linux. I've installed it, built
> subversion (and javahl, AFAIK), but when I start Eclipse, I'm getting
> "Javahl interface not available." Eclipse starts, and I get set up a
> repository, but if I click on the twistie to open the repository, it
> just disappears.
>
> Is there something that I have to do to tell (Sub/E)clipse where to look?
>
> Ugly Details:
> Subversion download 1.1.3 (built from source)
> JDK 1.4.2-06 (from Sun)
> Eclipse 3.0.1
> SuSE linux 9.2 (patched)
>
> I can provide more info if needed, just tell me what you need!
>
> -Chris
>
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Received on Wed Jan 26 03:19:37 2005

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