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## Why does Subclipse need JavaHL? Subclipse is written in Java, so it needs to use the JavaHL library to be able to use the Subversion API. Subclipse includes the Java layer of JavaHL. If you look at the previous entry, you see that JavaHL needs three other layers for it to actually work (essentially the native libraries). modifier? Resolve

Of course many Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, do a good job of providing up to date Subversion packages, and most of these now provide JavaHL as well. Typically, the JavaHL library is in a separate package that is dependent on the main Subversion package. In Debian/Ubuntu the package name is libsvn-java so you can just run this command to install the library:

 $ apt-get install libsvn-java

Eclipse provides its own mechanism for providing this setting. Eclipse comes with a file named eclipse.ini. This file is looked at when the Eclipse launcher starts the JVM and appends settings to the JVM when launching it. Specifically, you should see a line that says "-vmargs". Add a newline after this line and insert the above line to pass the setting the JVM needs. Each argument needs to be on its own line, so be sure to add a new line and then put the entire string above on its own line. Here is an example of this file from Eclipse 3.4:

  ...
  -showsplash
  org.eclipse.platform
  -framework
  plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.4.0.v20080605-1900.jar
  -vmargs
  -Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/jni
+ -Djava.library.path=/opt/CollabNet_Subversion/lib
  -Dosgi.requiredJavaVersion=1.5
  -Xms40m
  -Xmx512m
  -XX:MaxPermSize=256m