I really don't understand why everything has to be so hard (IEP-1127)

[mrhempman69]

Describe the bug
Cannot create new Espressif-IDF project

To Reproduce
File, new, create create new Espressif-IDF project.

Expected behavior
What do you think

Espressif-IDE Product Information:
Espressif > Product Information (Copy content from the console and attach as a file)

Operating System: windows 10
Java Runtime Version: 17.0.8.1+1
Eclipse Version: 4.30.0.v20231201-0110
Eclipse CDT Version: 11.4.0.202309142347
IDF Eclipse Plugin Version: 2.11.1.202310270725
ESP-IDF v5.1.2-dirty
Python set for IDF_PYTHON_ENV: Python 3.9.13

Eclipse Error log:
Window > Show View > Other > Search for "Error Log" (Attach as a file)

java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: org/eclipse/tools/templates/core/IGenerator
	at com.espressif.idf.ui.handlers.NewProjectHandler.execute(NewProjectHandler.java:25)
	at com.espressif.idf.ui.wizard.NewIdfProjectMainWizard$1.run(NewIdfProjectMainWizard.java:34)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:132)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:4046)
	at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:3662)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1155)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1046)
	at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:155)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:648)
	at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:555)
	at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173)
	at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:152)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:136)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:402)
	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:77)
	at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
	at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:651)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:588)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1459)
Caused by: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: org.eclipse.tools.templates.core.IGenerator cannot be found by com.espressif.idf.ui_1.0.1.202310270725
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.generateException(BundleLoader.java:541)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass0(BundleLoader.java:536)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.BundleLoader.findClass(BundleLoader.java:416)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.loader.ModuleClassLoader.loadClass(ModuleClassLoader.java:168)
	at java.base/java.lang.ClassLoader.loadClass(ClassLoader.java:525)
	... 27 more

[sigmaaa]

Hi @mrhempman69,

yesterday was a new Eclipse update (2023-12) and it caused some dependency incompatibility with our plugin. Sorry for this issue. While we fixing it, I suggest you try Espressif-IDE which comes with Eclipse 2023-09+ IEP v2.11.1:
https://dl.espressif.com/dl/idf-eclipse-plugin/ide/Espressif-IDE-2.11.1-win32.win32.x86_64.zip

[mrhempman69]

Are Eclipse developers evil? I already have Eclipse 22-09 installed as well, because of another library (bouffalo-sdk) that was broken by later updates from them.

What if this repo had been abandoned? All this work would just stop working with eclipse permanently? Have they heard of backwards compatibility?

[kolipakakondal]

Some of these API changes caused an issue https://github.com/eclipse-cdt/cdt/blob/5250f5a07b992458a0395ada47137e534593f276/NewAndNoteworthy/CHANGELOG-API.md#api-changes-in-cdt-114

We will provide the patch build asap.

[kolipakakondal]

Hi @mrhempman69 We have added a support for Eclipse CDT 2023-12 on our master, here is the update site build.

To install:

1. Download
2. Help > Install New Software
3. Click on Add...
4. Click on Archive.. and choose downloaded zip file and give some readable name
5. Click on Select All
6. Click on Finish

[ghost]

I experienced the same problem @mrhempman69 described, but in Lubuntu. Solved it by installing webkit2gtk.
sudo apt install libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37
I don't know if the same library is available for windows. Hope this helps some other person with the same problem.

[pa-ra-kram]

Hi @mrhempman69 We have added a support for Eclipse CDT 2023-12 on our master, here is the update site build.

To install:

1. Download
2. Help > Install New Software
3. Click on Add...
4. Click on Archive.. and choose downloaded zip file and give some readable name
5. Click on Select All
6. Click on Finish

This fixed the issue in Mac M1 air too. I am guessing this patch is not yet released on the official stable channel yet.
Thanks for this.

[kolipakakondal]

This is fixed with IEP v2.12.0 release, please check the release here https://github.com/espressif/idf-eclipse-plugin/releases/tag/v2.12.0

Please update to the latest and let us know if you see any issues.

[jonesman]

The same thing happened to me today with Espressif IDE 3.0.0 on Debian Linux 12 with a full KDE Plasma installation (v.5.27.5).
I do get the same exception, but only after finding this issue here through a Google search did I look at the error log. If you don't go out of your way opening the error log, it just appears as if nothing is happening.
Should this be added to the prerequisites in the setup guide ?

[kolipakakondal]

Hi @jonesman Could you please attach the error log here to take a look? So you're able to solve this by installing libwebkit2gtk?

[jonesman]

Hi @kolipakakondal, yes it was fixed by installing libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 as ghost did above.
Here is the exception from the error log, thank you for getting back to me:

org.eclipse.swt.SWTException: Failed to execute runnable (org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles because there is no underlying browser available. Please ensure that WebKit with its GTK 3.x/4.x bindings is installed.) at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4918) at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4833) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:135) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.runAsyncMessages(Display.java:5039) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display.readAndDispatch(Display.java:4519) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine$5.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1155) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.swt.PartRenderingEngine.run(PartRenderingEngine.java:1046) at org.eclipse.e4.ui.internal.workbench.E4Workbench.createAndRunUI(E4Workbench.java:155) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.lambda$3(Workbench.java:648) at org.eclipse.core.databinding.observable.Realm.runWithDefault(Realm.java:342) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.Workbench.createAndRunWorkbench(Workbench.java:555) at org.eclipse.ui.PlatformUI.createAndRunWorkbench(PlatformUI.java:173) at org.eclipse.ui.internal.ide.application.IDEApplication.start(IDEApplication.java:152) at org.eclipse.equinox.internal.app.EclipseAppHandle.run(EclipseAppHandle.java:208) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.runApplication(EclipseAppLauncher.java:136) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.internal.adaptor.EclipseAppLauncher.start(EclipseAppLauncher.java:104) at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(EclipseStarter.java:402) 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:77) at java.base/jdk.internal.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43) at java.base/java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:568) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Main.java:651) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Main.java:588) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Main.java:1459) at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Main.java:1432) Caused by: org.eclipse.swt.SWTError: No more handles because there is no underlying browser available. Please ensure that WebKit with its GTK 3.x/4.x bindings is installed. at org.eclipse.swt.SWT.error(SWT.java:4944) at org.eclipse.swt.browser.Browser.<init>(Browser.java:119) at com.espressif.idf.ui.templates.FormBrowser.createControl(FormBrowser.java:53) at com.espressif.idf.ui.templates.BaseWizardSelectionPage.createDescriptionIn(BaseWizardSelectionPage.java:34) at com.espressif.idf.ui.templates.AbstractTemplatesSelectionPage.createControl(AbstractTemplatesSelectionPage.java:146) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.Wizard.createPageControls(Wizard.java:180) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createPageControls(WizardDialog.java:744) at org.eclipse.jface.wizard.WizardDialog.createContents(WizardDialog.java:636) at org.eclipse.jface.window.Window.create(Window.java:431) at org.eclipse.jface.dialogs.Dialog.create(Dialog.java:1094) at com.espressif.idf.ui.handlers.NewProjectHandler.execute(NewProjectHandler.java:30) at com.espressif.idf.ui.wizard.NewIdfProjectMainWizard$1.run(NewIdfProjectMainWizard.java:34) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.RunnableLock.run(RunnableLock.java:40) at org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Synchronizer.runAsyncMessages(Synchronizer.java:132) ... 24 more

[kolipakakondal]

eclipse-platform/eclipse.platform.swt#843