Comment 23 for bug 477944

I have the same issue.
I installed eclipse-platform so I have:
$ dpkg -l 'eclipse*' | grep ^ii
ii eclipse-platform 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3 Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop
ii eclipse-platform-data 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3 Eclipse platform without plug-ins to develop
ii eclipse-rcp 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3 Eclipse Rich Client Platform (RCP)

I got http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/galileo/SR1/eclipse-cpp-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz from eclipse website and it's all fine.

I can't understand why I have to install eclipse-jdt if I don't want it...