Eclipse Force.com IDE Plugin Install Error

[mrBlaQ]

I'm getting the attached error when attempting to install the latest Force.com IDE plugin on the latest Eclipse version with the latest JDK installed.  The error comes up after I click next on the "Available Software" selection screen of the "Install New Software" dialog.  How can I fix this problem?  Thank you!

Cannot complete the install because of a conflicting dependency.
  Software being installed: Force.com IDE 20.0.1.201011121559 (com.salesforce.ide.feature.feature.group 20.0.1.201011121559)
  Software currently installed: Shared profile 1.0.0.1284708747720 (SharedProfile_epp.package.java 1.0.0.1284708747720)
  Only one of the following can be installed at once: 
    Structured Source Editor 1.2.2.v201008232126 (org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui 1.2.2.v201008232126)
    Structured Source Editor 1.1.102.v200910200227 (org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui 1.1.102.v200910200227)
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Shared profile 1.0.0.1284708747720 (SharedProfile_epp.package.java 1.0.0.1284708747720)
    To: org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui [1.2.2.v201008232126]
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: Force.com IDE 20.0.1.201011121559 (com.salesforce.ide.feature.feature.group 20.0.1.201011121559)
    To: org.eclipse.wst.html.ui [1.0.0,2.0.0)
  Cannot satisfy dependency:
    From: HTML UI Source Editor 1.0.401.v200908111935 (org.eclipse.wst.html.ui 1.0.401.v200908111935)
    To: bundle org.eclipse.wst.sse.ui [1.1.0,1.2.0)

[mrBlaQ · Accepted solution]

This issue is actually caused by Windows 7 UAC (User Access Control) which doesn't allow Eclipse to be updated if you're running it from within the c:\program files directory.  Eclipse doesn't know how to handle that problem and stupidly reports some misleading conflict information.  I've moved my Eclipse install to c:\eclipse and it's working fine now.

[neerureddy]

More helpful one.

[JasonGabler]

Its more than a Windows 7 UAC problem, its an Eclipse permissions problem in general.  The same error occurs on Linux if the Eclipse installation directory is not owned by the current user.   I suspect Eclipse is downloading libraries for Force.com IDE and needs to place them within the Eclipse installation directory.  This is a poor choice on Eclipse's part.  I.e.  Google allows you to setup extensions, etc., in a private directory while using a public/system copy of the software.  Since Eclipse doesn't permit hat, you have to own your own copy.

Re-install to your home directory or 

chown -R myusername.mygroupname eclipse

jason

[Peter Gruhl]

@Mr. B.:  Thank you so much for your Windows 7 UAC post!!  I was trying out the new #Indigo release of #Eclipse and got a spurious maven error installing the Force.com IDE plugin when I wasn't even requesting anything to do with maven.

I followed your advice, and moved my Eclipse files out from under C:\Program Files directory, and all is well.  This, even though I'm the Administrator for Windows 7 on my machine, and the only user on my notebook!  I guess Windows knows better, and thinks it "owns" the Program Files directory regardless of an Administrator request.

[DanielBallinger]

With Windows Server 2008 R2 I've found it sufficent to right click on eclipse.exe and select "Run as administrator". From their it will successfully install and run the Force.com IDE plugin from the program files directory.

[Aneesha]

I already had placed eclipse in c:\eclipse but i am still getting this conflicting dependency error. What do I do?

[santosh duvvuri]

I have tried after moving to c:\eclipse\ still while installing force.com plugging, I'm getting the following error

Cannot complete the install because one or more required items could not be found.
Software being installed: Force.com IDE 25.0.0.201206181021 (com.salesforce.ide.feature.feature.group 25.0.0.201206181021)
Missing requirement: Force.com IDE 25.0.0.201206181021 (com.salesforce.ide.feature.feature.group 25.0.0.201206181021) requires 'org.eclipse.update.ui 0.0.0' but it could not be found

Hay can you plz help me out.

[Peter Gruhl]

If you are using Juno, the latest release of Eclipse as of June, 2012, the Force.com IDE must be installed from Marketplace, not the Install New Software link, in order to resolve the file dependencies.  Instead of the usual Help | Install New Software ..., Select Help | Eclipse Marketplace ... | and search for the Force.com IDE plugin in the search tab.  Click the Update button to install it.

Hope that helps.

 - Peter

[Ravisfdc]

Hi, Please download org.eclipse.update.ui_3.2.300.v20100512.jar and org.eclipse.update.ui.source_3.2.300.v20100512.jar files from the below site and place it under eclipse/plugins directory http://grepcode.com/snapshot/repository.grepcode.com/java/eclipse.org/3.6/org.eclipse.update/ui/3.2.... thanks, Ravi