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How to run Java/Eclipse jar without sudo on Ubuntu
I'm trying to run a Eclipse jar on Ubuntu. This jar is a command line utility part of Eclipse Process Framework that allows to publish from the command line rather than the IDE, for integrating in a build process/automating.
The command is
java -jar /home/ostraaten/Apps/epfc_
The above command does very little when I run like that. It does not execute or try to execute the publish procedure. There is no error. The command returns very quickly. When I add -verbose I see that it loads a bunch of stuff but does not execute anything.
When I add sudo to the command the command line works as expected. But of course I don't want to use sudo: all generated content will be owned by root and this also defeats the purpose of having the command line, If it prompts for a password, there is no use in making it part of the build process. Note: I can run the publish from the IDE (without the command line), no problems.
The issue is not Eclipse or Ubuntu related I think. This is an issue with Java that Sun created. At least that is my hunch. I know of one person who managed to get it working without sudo on Ubuntu, I think same version as me. So it is possible.
I searched using Google but found very little info on this issue. Now I would really appreciate some pointers on how to fix this and tackle this problem.
The command is
java -jar /home/ostraaten/Apps/epfc_
The above command does very little when I run like that. It does not execute or try to execute the publish procedure. There is no error. The command returns very quickly. When I add -verbose I see that it loads a bunch of stuff but does not execute anything.
When I add sudo to the command the command line works as expected. But of course I don't want to use sudo: all generated content will be owned by root and this also defeats the purpose of having the command line, If it prompts for a password, there is no use in making it part of the build process. Note: I can run the publish from the IDE (without the command line), no problems.
The issue is not Eclipse or Ubuntu related I think. This is an issue with Java that Sun created. At least that is my hunch. I know of one person who managed to get it working without sudo on Ubuntu, I think same version as me. So it is possible.
I searched using Google but found very little info on this issue. Now I would really appreciate some pointers on how to fix this and tackle this problem.
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Using the -data option you have specified a new workspace directory which is automatically created during startup if it doesn't exist. Only root has the permissions to create something in "/" and it is created only with root-rwx-permissions. And so your first run created the "/ostraaten/EPF/workspace.
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Don't understand that it works with sudo but anyway I'm happy. Thanks!