Eclipse wont start after update

Question

Today Eclipse want me to update some stuff. There were different small things in the list to update. After that I couldn't start anymore.

It always says there is an error and I should look into the log in the metadata.

The log shows the following text:

!ENTRY org.eclipse.osgi 4 0 2020-11-29 15:14:02.900 !MESSAGE Anwendungsfehler !STACK 1 java.lang.LinkageError: loader constraint violation: when resolving method 'void org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.internal.BindingTable.addBinding(org.eclipse.jface.bindings.Binding)' the class loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @8a6631b of the current class, org/eclipse/e4/ui/workbench/swt/util/BindingProcessingAddon, and the class loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @333d44f6 for the method's defining class, org/eclipse/e4/ui/bindings/internal/BindingTable, have different Class objects for the type org/eclipse/jface/bindings/Binding used in the signature (org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon is in unnamed module of loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @8a6631b, parent loader 'platform'; org.eclipse.e4.ui.bindings.internal.BindingTable is in unnamed module of loader org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.EquinoxClassLoader @333d44f6, parent loader 'platform') at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon.defineBinding(BindingProcessingAddon.java:182) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon.defineBindingTable(BindingProcessingAddon.java:169) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon.defineBindingTables(BindingProcessingAddon.java:149) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.workbench.swt.util.BindingProcessingAddon.init(BindingProcessingAddon.java:97) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.MethodRequestor.execute(MethodRequestor.java:58) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.processAnnotated(InjectorImpl.java:999) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalInject(InjectorImpl.java:140) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.internalMake(InjectorImpl.java:405) at org.eclipse.e4.core.internal.di.InjectorImpl.make(InjectorImpl.java:346) at org.eclipse.e4.core.contexts.ContextInjectionFactory.make(ContextInjectionFactory.java:227) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.createFromBundle(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:94) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.doCreate(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:60) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.ReflectionContributionFactory.create(ReflectionContributionFactory.java:37) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.E4Application.createE4Workbench(E4Application.java:289) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:573) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:338) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:551) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:153) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:150) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:203) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:134) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:401) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:255) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:567) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:657) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:594) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1465)

Any ideas? Is there like a reset or the possibility to delete cache or smth?

Answer 1

It seems your eclipse is corrupted now. Download the latest one. Which version are you using?