How do I install Eclipse Indigo 3.7.1?

I have downloaded Eclipse Indigo 3.7.1 . I used to try to install it into Ubuntu 11.10 as install on Ubuntu 11.04 but it doesn't work. Please anyone tell me how to install it into Ubuntu 11.10.

Sorry for my English :)


  1. Download one of the available Eclipse bundles from the official site. I got eclipse-SDK-3.7-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

  2. Extract it

    tar xzf eclipse-SDK-3.7-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
    

    Or just be lazy and Right Click > Extract Here

  3. Move to /opt/ folder

    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
    

    copy the following into /usr/bin/eclipse

    #!/bin/sh
    #export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME="/usr/lib/mozilla/"
    export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
    
    $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*
    

    save the file (^O = Ctrl+o) and exit nano (^X = Ctrl+x)

  5. Create a gnome menu item

    sudo nano /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
    

    copy the following into /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

    [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 and exit nano

  6. Launch Eclipse for the first time

    /opt/eclipse/eclipse -clean &
    

I don't think eclipse needs 'install', just extract(unpack) it and everything is ok.