Installing Eclipse on Ubuntu

This article provides guide for step by step Installing Eclipse on Ubuntu

Pre-Installation Note: It is assumed that you have already installed JDK 7 or higher.

1. Download Eclipse from its website:

2. Extract Eclipse to /opt/ for global use:

cd /opt/

sudo tar -zxvf ~/Downloads/eclipse-*.tar.gz

You may replace “eclipse-*.tar.gz” (without quote) to the exact package name if the command does not work.

Once done, you should see the eclipse folder under /opt/ directory as shown below:

3. Create a launcher shortcut for Eclipse:

Paste below command into the terminal and hit enter.

gksudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Above command will create and open the launcher file for eclipse with gedit text editor.

Paste below content into the opened file and save it.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse 4
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Eclipse

4. Finally open Eclipse from Unity Dash search results and enjoy!

5. Congratulations! You have installed Eclipse successfully.

Download the above instructions in PDF format here

For more detailed instructions, visit: http://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/06/install-latest-eclipse-ubuntu-14-04/

Suryateja Pericherla

Suryateja Pericherla, at present is a Research Scholar (full-time Ph.D.) in the Dept. of Computer Science & Systems Engineering at Andhra University, Visakhapatnam. Previously worked as an Associate Professor in the Dept. of CSE at Vishnu Institute of Technology, India.

He has 11+ years of teaching experience and is an individual researcher whose research interests are Cloud Computing, Internet of Things, Computer Security, Network Security and Blockchain.

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