Eclipse Ganymede does not start on Ubuntu 9.04

So I installed ubuntu 9.04 x86-64 and downloaded eclipse and at startup I got this error:

An error has occurred. See the log file
/home/gibbs/Flex/workspace/.metadata/.log.

I googled around and finally got to this link http://forums.aptana.com/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=7147

The bottom line is you need to install xulrunner-1.8.1.3 or some older version and then set your MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME environment variable.

export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/usr/lib/xulrunner-1.8.1.3/

I hope this helps someone if google leads you here and you are trying to get eclipse to work

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