easy eclipse set in ubuntu linux
To install eclipse on ubuntu you need to download it first from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/
Extract the downloaded file by right click on it and extract here or running the following:
Now move it to the root directory. Apply the following command to do this.
you can run eclipse by typing eclipse in your terminal or double on icon
tar xzf dir/eclipse-SDK-3.3.1.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
Where eclipse-SDK-3.3.1.1-linux-gtk is your eclipse-SDK name with version and dir is the directory of eclipse-sdk.Now move it to the root directory. Apply the following command to do this.
sudo mv dir/eclipse ~
Now you are ready to configure your eclipse. To do this follow the following step by step...sudo mv eclipse /home/<your user name>/opt/
Take care of the permissions:sudo chmod -R +r
/home/<your user name>/opt/
eclipse sudo chmod +x
/home/<your user name>/opt/
eclipse/eclipse
Create an executable in your path:sudo touch /usr/bin/eclipse
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
sudo gedit /usr/bin/eclipse
Copy the following content and save the file:#!/bin/sh
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*
Let’s also make eclipse executable everywhere by creating a symlink:sudo ln -s /usr/bin/eclipse /bin/eclipse
Create the menu icon: sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
Type in this content and save:[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
you can run eclipse by typing eclipse in your terminal or double on icon
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