You can follow these steps to compile/debug applications as superuser.
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Rename your java-application
sudo mv /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java.ori
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Create following script and store it as /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
#!/bin/bash # file: /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java # descr: Starter for jdk. Runs jdk as root when # cmd-line-arg "--run-as-root" is specified. # jre="/usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java.ori" run_as_root=false args= # Filter command-line argument for arg in "$@" do case "$arg" in --run-as-root) run_as_root=true ;; *) args="$args $arg" ;; esac done # Remove leading whitespaces args=$(echo $args | sed -e 's/^[ \t]*//') if $run_as_root then echo "WARNING: Running as root!" gksu "$jre $args" else $jre $args fi
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Change the permissions to make it executable
sudo chmod 0755 /usr/lib/jvm/java-6-openjdk/jre/bin/java
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Startup eclipse
- Go to Window->Preferences->Java->Installed JREs
- Duplicate java-6-openjdk to java-6-openjdk-root
- Edit JRE and add “–run-as-root” as Default VM Argument
To run projects as root you need to follow these steps:
- Go to Project->Properties->Java Build Path
- Double-Click the JRE System Library and choose in Alternate JRE “java-6-openjdk-root”
Note: The idea is from http://www.eclipse.org/forums/index.php/mv/msg/87353/724852/#msg_724852