Is it possible to run Eclipse Portable on Linux using Wine?

Question

I'm trying to sync an Eclipse installation between Linux and Windows, so I've installed EclipsePortable on Windows and moved the EclipsePortable installation to Linux Mint. Is it possible to run Eclipse Portable on Linux using Wine? I installed Eclipse Portable on Dropbox from Windows, and then tried to run it using Wine on Linux, but it simply displayed the loading screen and then crashed.

Answer 1

Though Eclipse is Java based application, however some of its platform module depend on native code, such as native launchers and SWT.

That's why Eclipse provides different distribution for different hosts.

Technically you still can have a portable Eclipse. You can install host specific plug-ins into one Eclipse instance, but it does not have a UI to do it. When launching those Eclipse in a host(AKA linux), Eclipse will not load the plug-ins for Windows.

In a word it could be done, but it is very difficult for normal users. So far I don't know a guide for it.

Just two my cents.

Answer 2

For the record, yes you can.

To me the important key is to set the correct architecture, and a custom Wine folder:

export WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-myapp
export WINEARCH=win32

Then you should install your Java jvm, for example:

wine jre-8u181-windows-i586.exe

In my case I could install Oracle Java v8 for 32 bits but never could do with same version for 64 bits. To do this I use a windows build of OpenJDK or copied an installation on a Windows machine to my Wine instalation.

You can launch your eclipse with something like:

WINEPREFIX=~/.wine-myapp2 WINEARCH=win32 ~/.wine-myapp//drive_c/Program\ Files/eclipse/eclipse.exe 

More minor details are in my blog post at http://olea.org/diario/2018/07/27/EPF_Composer_in_Linux.html

My only trouble is the GUI widgets looks very ugly.