Installing Eclipse to Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04

Installing Eclipse to Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04

POSTED BY IG ON JAN 28, 2013 IN ECLIPSE, UBUNTU | 41 COMMENTS

Installing Eclipse Juno 4.2 in Ubuntu 12.04

First download the eclipse tar.gz package from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

1. Move the package to /opt/ folder.

# sudo mv eclipse-SDK-4.2.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz /opt/

2. Use the command line to extract the tar.gz package.

# cd /opt/
# sudo tar xzvf eclipse-SDK-4.2.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz

3.Create a desktop file and place it into /usr/share/applications

# sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Copy the following to the eclipse.desktop file

[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

4. Drag and Drop eclipse icon from /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop to your Dash Bar.

Very important for Ubuntu 13.10: you have to add the line below to the end of eclipe.desctop file.

Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /opt/eclipse/eclipse

In this case you will see the Eclipse’s menu.

 

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