fgrehm / docker-eclipse

Eclipse IDE in a Docker container

docker-eclipse

Eclipse v4.4.1 in a Docker container

Requirements

• Docker 1.2+ (should work fine on 1.0+ but I haven't tried)
• An X11 socket

Quickstart

Assuming $HOME/bin is on your PATH and that you are able to run docker commands without sudo, you can use the provided eclipse script to start a disposable Eclipse Docker container with your project sources mounted at /home/developer/workspace within the container:

# The image size is currently 1.131 GB, so go grab a coffee while Docker downloads it
docker pull fgrehm/eclipse:v4.4.1
L=$HOME/bin/eclipse && curl -sL https://github.com/fgrehm/docker-eclipse/raw/master/eclipse > $L && chmod +x $L
cd /path/to/java/project
eclipse

Once you close Eclipse the container will be removed and no traces of it will be kept on your machine (apart from the Docker image of course).

Making plugins persist between sessions

Eclipse plugins are kept on $HOME/.eclipse inside the container, so if you want to keep them around after you close it, you'll need to share it with your host.

For example:

mkdir -p .eclipse-docker
docker run -ti --rm \
           -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
           -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
           -v `pwd`/.eclipse-docker:/home/developer \
           -v `pwd`:/workspace \
           fgrehm/eclipse:v4.4.1

Help! I started the container but I don't see the Eclipse screen

You might have an issue with the X11 socket permissions since the default user used by the base image has an user and group ids set to 1000, in that case you can run either create your own base image with the appropriate ids or run xhost + on your machine and try again.

docker-eclipse's Issues

Dead link in Dockerfile

Dead link in Dockerfile

The Dockerfile as of this writing uses a Brazilian mirror, eclipse.c3sl.ufpr.br. However, the link was dead for me (I'm in the US). I was able to use a different mirror with success (download.nus.edu.sg).

I updated the Dockerfile as follows:

#RUN wget http://eclipse.c3sl.ufpr.br/technology/epp/downloads/release/luna/SR1/eclipse-java-luna-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -O /tmp/eclipse.tar.gz -q && \
RUN wget https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/eclipse/technology/epp/downloads/release/luna/SR1/eclipse-java-luna-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -O /tmp/eclipse.tar.gz -q && \
    echo 'Installing eclipse' && \
    tar -xf /tmp/eclipse.tar.gz -C /opt && \
    rm /tmp/eclipse.tar.gz

... and re-ran the ./build script, and that worked.

unable to move modal dialog (whole eclipse window is moved)

started using:

docker run -ti --rm \
       -e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY \
       -v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
       fgrehm/eclipse:v4.4.1

Afterwards opened Window->Preferences.
It is not possible to move or resize the Preferences dialog. Once moving, the whole Eclipse window is moving.

Any idea for workarounds?

run on Windows

How could that running Eclipse be visible on Windows PC?

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/33992873/eclipse-ide-and-docker

Does not work on MacOsX with XQuartz ?

Any idea to make it work via boot2docker ?

Thanks

Configuration could not be created

docker run --rm
-e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
-v pwd/.eclipse-docker:/home/developer
-v pwd:/workspace
fgrehm/eclipse:v4.4.1
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0
Eclipse: Cannot open display:
Invalid Configuration Location:
The configuration area at '/home/developer/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_4.4.1_1473617060_linux_gtk_x86_64/configuration' could not be created. Please choose a writable location using the '-configuration' command line option.
use bash look
/home/developer
drwxr-xr-x. 2 root root 6 Apr 10 07:20 developer
developer@7aba007:/home$

developer No Permission

Eclipse can not open display.

On docker run :

docker run -ti --rm
-e DISPLAY=$DISPLAY
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix
-v pwd:/workspace
fgrehm/eclipse:v4.4.1

returns

Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM warning: ignoring option MaxPermSize=256m; support was removed in 8.0
Eclipse: Cannot open display:
org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration: The org.eclipse.m2e.logback.configuration bundle was activated before the state location was initialized. Will retry after the state location is initialized.
Eclipse: Cannot open display:
Eclipse:
An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/developer/.eclipse/org.eclipse.platform_4.4.0_1473617060_linux_gtk_x86_64/configuration/1463424228669.log.

Please help to solve this issue