Unable to make it work on Mars.1 (4.5.1)

[imeszaros]

Steps to reproduce:

• Download and extract: http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/drops4/R-4.5.1-201509040015/download.php?dropFile=eclipse-platform-4.5.1-win32.zip
• Help -> Install New Software
  • Install EGit
  • Install Gonsole

After a restart, in the "Open Console" menu there is only "New Console View". Neither the preference page "Git Console" is showing up.

[rherrmann]

I followed the steps described (except that I used win32_64 since I don't have a 32-bit VM) and the Git Console is fully functional.
Which version and from where exactly did you install EGit and Gonsole?
Do you see the Gonsole logo in the about dialog?
Do you see any entries in the error log?

I doubt that the 64-bit version of Eclipse is the reason since the Git Console has no platform dependant code.

[imeszaros]

Yes, the Gonsole logo is displayed in the about dialog.

The full content of my "Installation Details" looks like the following:

Name	Version	Id	Provider
Eclipse Git Team Provider	4.0.3.201509231615-r	org.eclipse.egit.feature.group	Eclipse EGit
Eclipse Git Team Provider - Gitflow support	4.0.3.201509231615-r	org.eclipse.egit.gitflow.feature.feature.group	Eclipse EGit
Eclipse Git Team Provider - Task focused interface	4.0.3.201509231615-r	org.eclipse.egit.mylyn.feature.group	Eclipse EGit
Eclipse GitHub integration with task focused interface	4.0.3.201509231615-r	org.eclipse.mylyn.github.feature.feature.group	Eclipse EGit
Eclipse Platform	4.5.1.M20150904-0015	org.eclipse.platform.ide	Eclipse.org
Gonsole - EGit Integration	1.1.0.20151125-1520	com.codeaffine.gonsole.egit.feature.feature.group	codeaffine.com
Gonsole - Git Console for Eclipse	1.1.0.20151125-1520	com.codeaffine.gonsole.feature.feature.group	codeaffine.com

I installed EGit from Mars - http://download.eclipse.org/releases/mars/
and Gonsole from Gonsole Software Repository - http://rherrmann.github.io/gonsole/repository/

Unfortunately in this bare minimum setup i cannot open the error log view, but i have another installation and there i also cannot open Gonsole. Now i checked the error log view there and found the following:

My java version is not supported?

[imeszaros]

Okay... sorry for being stupid, now I see on the Gonsole website that Java 8 is a requirement.

[rherrmann]

Glad you found the reason and I also hope you'll be able to upgrade your JRE to Java 8. We recently decided to move to Java 8: http://www.codeaffine.com/2015/10/08/gonsole-requirement-upgrade-to-jre-8/

However, I think Eclipse shouldn't let you install a feature if it cannot be run in the current environment...

[imeszaros]

Now i'm running on Java 8, Gonsole works fine. Thanks for your help!

[rherrmann]

For reference, I've opened this bug at Eclipse p2: Installer should not allow to install features that can't run with the current JRE