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There is no way to edit eclipse.ini when Eclipse is installed via snap. A workaround is to pass -vmargs -Xms1g -Xmx3g  to the launcher.

Eclipse will perform terribly unless you give it a few GB of memory (RAM).

In the installation folder, find eclipse.ini. Possible locations include /usr/lib/eclipse, /opt/eclipse, C:\Eclipse, and C:\ProgramData\Eclipse.

Ensure is contains the following JVM options:

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-Xms512m
-Xmx2g

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Create some updated templates for LogTools, JUnit 5, etc.

Set up Installed JREs

See also the page on Java.

In Java > Installed JREs, add any manually installed JREs. (i.e. Zulu in the /opt/zulu directory)

Check to make sure the jfxrt.jar is present for JavaFX to work.

In the "Edit JRE" dialog, expand the *.jar entries and check if a Source attachement is detected. These should be detected automatically.

Plugins

JavaFX

To get JavaFX to work in Eclipse, a plugin is presently required. Follow the instructions to install e(fx)clipse:

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