The steps outlined below will help you get Eclipse installed on your Linux machine.
1. Go ahead and download the latest
Eclipse version, I have eclipse-java-indigo-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz
2. Extract your downloaded eclipse
tar -xvf
eclipse-java-indigo-SR2-linux-gtk.tar.gz
3. Move it to the folder /opt/ and
change ownership as well as file permissions
sudo mv eclipse /opt/
sudo chown -R root:root eclipse
sudo chmod -R +r eclipse
4. Create an eclipse executable in
your path
sudo touch /usr/bin/eclipse
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
sudo nano /usr/bin/eclipse
type the following into the nano file
we just created
#!/bin/sh
#export
MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla/"
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*
save (Ctrl+o) and exit (Ctrl+x) nano
5. Create a gnome menu item
sudo nano
/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
type the code below into nano
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true
save (Ctrl+o) and exit (Ctrl+x) nano
6. Launch your Eclipse installation
for the first time
/opt/eclipse/eclipse =clean &
Congrats!! Have fun developing.
