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?
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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
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Thanks a lot, I will do that... but is there any way to install everything from the command line? Aug 26, 2013 at 3:14
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Sorry I forgot to post the JDK install... If you not fussed about running OpenJDK then its easy to install this with : -
apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jreAug 26, 2013 at 3:22 -
1If you MUST have oracle / Sun java then take a look at this: - help.ubuntu.com/community/Java Aug 26, 2013 at 3:24
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If you had Eclipse Indigo installed from Software Center, should you remove that before installing Kepler from source? I followed these instructions with Indigo still in the system. And when I launched Eclipse, Kepler came up not Indigo. So I am not sure if it is still a good ideo to remove Indigo from software center. Jun 4, 2014 at 3:33
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.
