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How to install eclipse in Linux (CentOS, RHEL, Fedora)
Eclipse is an integrated development ennvironment primarily for Java but with the extra plugins it can also be used to develop applications in C, C++, PHP, Scala, etc.
Here we are explaining How to install eclipse on linux. Distros covered are Fedora, CentOS and RHEL.
Download Eclipse
Go to www.eclipse.org/downloads/ and select suitable version according to your needs.
Switch to root
ayush@linuxstall:$ su -
Extracting
We are extracting the Eclipse package into /opt directory.
ayush@linuxstall:$ tar -xvzf eclipse-SDK-3.7.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz -C /opt
Adding read permissions
ayush@linuxstall:$ chmod -R +r /opt/eclipse
Creating executable
ayush@linuxstall:$ touch /usr/bin/eclipse
ayush@linuxstall:$ chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
ayush@linuxstall:$ gedit /usr/bin/eclipse
Paste following code in the file.
#!/bin/sh export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse" $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $* |
You are done!
Hmm, I usually just extract it and copy it to some folder like /home/user/Programs
When I performed the last step, I got this:
(gedit:24210): Gtk-WARNING **: Calling Inhibit failed: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.ServiceUnknown: The name org.gnome.SessionManager was not provided by any .service files
Do `sudo apt-get install gir1.2-gtksource-3.0` and then retry installing.