In order for this version of Eclipse to run, GTK2 libraries must be installed and available on the library path (i.e. LD_LIBRARY_PATH). For example, export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/opt/gtk_64bit/lib/hpux64/ To prevent errors with workspace locking, the following command line should be used to launch Eclipse: "eclipse -vmargs -Dosgi.locking=none" Otherwise, eclipse may fail to create a lock file with reason: "Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one." Note you might also need to add the -d64 option to the vmargs when using an Oracle JRE. (-vmargs -d64)