Bioclipse does not start

After installing Bioclipse 2.4 on a Ubuntu 9.10 Linux machine with Sun java version "1.6.0_20" I got the following directory:
~/bioclipse/Bioclipse.2.4.0.20100709$ ls -l
insgesamt 440
drwxr-xr-x 2 4096 2010-08-10 22:08 about_files
-rw-r--r-- 1 577 2010-07-09 13:36 about.html
-rwxr-xr-x 1 68333 2010-07-09 13:36 bioclipse
-rw-r--r-- 1 83 2010-07-09 13:45 bioclipse.ini
drwxr-xr-x 3 4096 2010-08-10 22:08 configuration
drwxr-xr-x 10 4096 2010-08-10 22:08 features
-rw-r--r-- 1 2618 2010-07-09 13:36 icon.xpm
-rwxr-xr-x 1 335360 2010-07-09 13:36 libcairo-swt.so
drwxr-xr-x 16 20480 2010-07-09 13:44 plugins

Trying to start the program produces:
~/bioclipse/Bioclipse.2.4.0.20100709$ ./bioclipse
bash: ./bioclipse: Kann die Datei nicht ausführen.

Clickung on the icon in the file manager does not start either.

What's wrong ?

Regards, HUWagner

possible cause...

Dear HUWagner,

Thanx for including the 'ls -al' input... it shows that the permissions for the 'bioclipse' file include the 'executable' bit...

One possible cause could be that your home permission does not allow execution of files... can you check the output of 'mount'?

For example, my /proc partition includes a 'noexec' statement, and I know that it is not unusual to have $HOME partitions not executable...

proc on /proc type proc (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev)

You could try to start it with:

> sh ./bioclipse

That might help...

we have removed Birt

We have had some trouble regarding Birt and I have removed it from the update site. We are going to replace it but for now we will have to make do without. The easiest way to get things working again for you might be to remove you old Bioclipse installation and get a new one. Since you workspace is saved seperately no data should be lost.