Starting eclipse from unity launcher

Solution 1:

Normally, When you run Eclipse from a downloaded version, it should create a correct .desktop file in ~/.local/share/applications on first run.

In this case, for some reason, some lines were messed up:

• The Exec= -line should simply show the path to your executable.
• The Name= -line obviously went (terribly) wrong as well

How to fix

Just replace:

• The line starting with Exec= by:

  Exec=/path/to/your/eclipse_executable
  

  (most likely, looking at your Path= -line, it should be: Exec=/home/nakulkumar/Downloads/eclipse/eclipse)

• The line starting with Name= by:

  Name=Java - Eclipse
  

As a comparison, this is the .desktop file Eclipse created on my system:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Name=Java - Eclipse 
Icon=eclipse
Path=/home/jacob/eclipse
Exec=/home/jacob/eclipse/eclipse
StartupNotify=false
StartupWMClass=Eclipse
OnlyShowIn=Unity;
X-UnityGenerated=true