How to Install Eclipse IDE Standard 4.4 for Luna R Packages in Ubuntu 15.10

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Channel: Cloud Network · 2015 · Science & Technology

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Hello Everyone,

In this tutorial, 

Let Install Eclipse IDE Standard 4.4 for Luna R Packages  in Ubuntu 14.10 | 14.04

You Can also Install in Linux Mint 17, Xubuntu, Debain

Eclipse IDE Install
1. Install Java (JRE/JDK)
Step1 :- sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Step2 :- sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

2. Download Eclipse Kepler IDE
Step3 :- sudo mv eclipse-SDK-4.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz /opt/
Step4 :- cd /opt/
Step5 :- sudo tar -xvf eclipse-SDK-4.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz .tar.gz


3. Create new Desktop File 
Step6 :- sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop 

Then add the following lines to the above file and save
Step7 :- [Desktop Entry] 
Name=Eclipse 
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.desktop

 I changed the exec line in the gedit file from
 Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse 
to
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /opt/eclipse/eclipse 
and it worked right


4. Additional Tasks
Run the following command to automatically install it in Unity
Step8 :- sudo desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop 

Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin
Step9 :- cd /usr/local/bin/ 
Step10 :- sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse 

For Eclipse icon to be displayed in dash
Step11 :- sudo cp /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm



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