Eclipse does not launch (Ubuntu) : JVM terminated. Exit code=2

Question

1. I install ubuntu 14.04 LTS (64bit)
2. After that Install Eclipse Luno Standard for 64bit

3. Install Jdk and follow all the step for setting jdk using following link,

   http://www.wikihow.com/Install-Oracle-Java-JDK-on-Ubuntu-Linux

4. Then After I enable to start my eclipse it giving me a following Error,

   VM terminated. Exit code=2

    /usr/bin/java
    -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
    -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
    -Xms256m
    -Xmx1024m
    -jar   /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415- 2008.jar
    -os linux
    -ws gtk
    -arch x86_64
    -showsplash  /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.platform_4.4.0.v20140925- 0400/splash.bmp
    -launcher /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse/eclipse
    -name Eclipse
    --launcher.library  /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.gtk.linux.x86_64_1.1. 200.v20140603-1326/eclipse_1605.so
    -startup /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar
   --launcher.appendVmargs
   -exitdata 208017
   -product org.eclipse.epp.package.java.product
   -vm /usr/bin/java
   -vmargs
   -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.6
   -XX:MaxPermSize=256m
   -Xms256m
   -Xmx1024m
   -jar  /home/eheuristic/Ecclipse/eclipse//plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.0.v20140415-2008.jar 
   

I so much try to solve setting Environment variable but can't do, help me one suggest to how to solve it.

Answer 1

First, I strongly recommend you use the webupd8 ppa

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer

Then to set it

sudo update-java-alternatives -s java-8-oracle 

The advantage is ease of updates.

Answer 2

write in eclipse.in on the top of the file

-startu
-vm
/usr/local/jdk/jre/bin  

change path according to your system

Answer 3

Had the same error. Solved it by:

sudo update-alternatives --config java

I started "using /usr/lib/jvm/java-8-openjdk-amd64/jre/bin/java to provide /usr/bin/java (java) in manual mode" - that was option 4, and it worked fine.

I am using Luna Service Release 2 (4.4.2).

Hope it helps someone somewhere.