Eclipse Logback Error on Launch

Question

I have installed Eclipse Neon 4.6.2 and it launches with below error

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.

And the Eclipse screen disappears.

Answer 1

I had the same problem. Later I found the root cause for it in my case. If you have two java version running in your system (eg jre1.7 and jre1.8), and one of them gets updated (e.g jre 8) and overwrite the other one (which uses the jdk) then this issue might occur.

Better remove one of the java and try to open the eclipse, it might work.

Answer 2

I deleted .metadata (folder) from my eclipse workspace then the problem got resolved.

Note that the .metadata folder will be hidden in workspace. So just go to your eclipse workspace and execute the command:

rm -rf .metadata

Also note you want to export your existing projects from the workspace once eclipse started