Eclipse

Installation

Download eclipse from the official website: http://eclipse.org/downloads/

Take the Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers version.

Linux

• Download the .deb package
• Install the package using:

sudo dpkg -i eclipse.deb

If you encounter some errors during installation, just do:

sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg -i eclipse.deb

• Launch application by running ./eclipse/eclipse

• Create a launcher

sudo vim /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Put the following content where /home/guillaume/DEV/eclipse is the path to Eclipse.

[Desktop Entry]
Version=4.3.0
Name=Eclipse
Comment=IDE for all seasons
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 /home/guillaume/DEV/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/home/guillaume/DEV/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application

!!! Ubuntu 13.10 bug !!! If the menu doesn't appear correctly you must create the previous launcher.

Don't forget the Exec=... line!