Ubuntu 16.04 and Eclipse Mars menu problem

Question

My OS is Ubuntu 16.04. I downloaded Eclipse Version: Mars.2 Release (4.5.2) and I had a problem with the main menu not showing.
I solved it by running Eclipse with UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 and the menu is visible but now I have another problem. Some of the options in the menu don't work.
For example the Window->Preferences only shows the General page and I can't select any other option.

Image of the broken menu

Is there a solution for this problem?

Your `UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0` tip fixed my problem! I added `env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /.../eclipse` to my shortcut. — Alfonso Nishikawa, Jul 05 '18 at 00:17

score 10 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

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Try to start Eclipse after editing your eclipse.ini file and tweaking the launcher entry like this:

--launcher.GTK_version
2

Example file:

-startup
plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.3.100.v20150511-1540.jar
--launcher.GTK_version
2
-product
org.eclipse.epp.package.cpp.product
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
-showsplash
org.eclipse.platform
--launcher.XXMaxPermSize
256m
--launcher.defaultAction
openFile
--launcher.appendVmargs
-vmargs
-Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.7
-XX:MaxPermSize=256m
-Xms256m
-Xmx1024m

See: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/36822242/eclipse-doesnt-work-with-ubuntu-16-04/36859485

edited May 23 '17 at 12:39

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answered Apr 28 '16 at 20:35

Victor Lamoine

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This answer in your link worked for me. http://stackoverflow.com/a/36825434/193708. Thanks – Niroshan Aug 15 '16 at 06:47
This didn't work for me. It actually made the problem even worse. – Astrum Oct 05 '16 at 05:36
Worked with Eclipse Neon.2 for J2EE on Xubuntu 16.04. – Bruce Dec 30 '16 at 10:59

Ubuntu 16.04 and Eclipse Mars menu problem

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