If you've downloaded Eclipse from their official website, follow these steps for the installation.
- Extract the eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz using
- tar -zxvf eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz
- Become root.
- sudo -i
- Copy the extracted folder to /opt
- cp -r eclipse.XX.YY /opt
- Create a desktop file and install it:
-
gedit eclipse.desktop
and 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
then execute 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 eclipse icon to be displayed in dash, eclipse icon can be added as
- cp /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
That's it.