Installing Eclipse Kepler
I need some help to set up the Eclipse Kepler 4.3 on Xubuntu, I whould like to do it by the command terminal. Which are the right commands?
Solution 1:
First of all, you need to check whether you have java installed on your system. You can check by using the command:
java -version
If java is not installed, then you should install it by doing
sudo apt-get install default-jre
Afterwards, download Eclipse from the download section of the official website (http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/). Remember to choose the correct package for your architecture (32bit or 64 bit). The package will have the name:
eclipse-standard-kepler-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_32.tar.gz
or
eclipse-standard-kepler-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
After you have downloaded the correct package, extract the eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz using
tar -zxvf eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz
switch to root user:
sudo -i
Copy the extracted folder to /opt
cp -r eclipse.XX.YY /opt
Create a desktop file in the location /usr/share/applications and install it:
gedit eclipse.desktop
Copy the following to the eclipse.desktop file.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Type=Application
Exec=eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=eclipse
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Eclipse
Give the desktop file permission to be executed, run:
chmod +x eclipse.desktop
Run the following command to automatically install it in the unity:
desktop-file-install eclipse.desktop
Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin using
cd /usr/local/bin
ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse
For an eclipse icon to be displayed in dash, eclipse icon can be added as
cp /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
Solution 2:
There' a bug that keeps the menu from working see https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/unity-gtk-module/+bug/1208019
the work around is to change one line in the eclipse.desktop file
Exec=eclipse
to
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= eclipse
Also I had to make the desktop executable before I did the desktop-file-install in order to make it work.