Eclipse

Installation

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

Take the Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers version.

Linux

Core installation

• Download the eclipse.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

JavaHL for Subclipse

Source: Subclipse JavaHL wiki

Linux requires the JavaHL client for Subclipse:

sudo apt-get install libsvn-java

Find the library file:

sudo find / -name libsvnjavahl-1.so

You should have something like:

guillaume@VC076:~/DEV/eclipse$ sudo find / -name libsvnjavahl-1.so
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/jni/libsvnjavahl-1.so

Now, update your eclipse.ini configuration

vim eclipse.ini

Add the path without '/' at the end.

-vmargs
-Djava.library.path=/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/jni

→ Note: Ubuntu 13.10 as only the JavaHL 1.7 library. So you should not install SVN client 1.8.x but SVN client 1.7.x !!

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=/home/guillaume/DEV/eclipse/eclipse -clean
Icon=/home/guillaume/DEV/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Utility;Application

=Launcher fix=

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

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

Don't forget the Exec=... line! The key is "env UBUNTU MENUPROXY=0"

=SWT libraries fixes=

On the latest distribution Eclipse sometimes crashed due to libswt-*.so

To resolve that, install the development libraries:

apt-get install libx11-dev libxtst-dev libgl1-mesa-dev libglu1-mesa-dev libgtk-3-dev