How to install eclipse on ubuntu 14.04

Eclipse is a open-source development environment used to develop applications . In this article we can see about installing eclipse in ubuntu 14.04 Manually.

Step 1 » Update repostories.

sudo apt-get update

Step 2 »check the java version

java  -version

Step 3 »Install Java by the below command.

sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

Step 4 » Download latest eclipse from here ( Download Eclipse )

Download from below link

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/download.php?file=/technology/epp/downloads/release/kepler/SR2/eclipse-standard-kepler-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz&r=1

Step 5 » Move the downloaded package to /opt/ directory.

sudo mv Downloads/eclipse-standard-kepler-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz  /opt/

Step 6 » Unzip the downloaded file.

cd  /opt/

sudo tar -xvf eclipse-standard-kepler-SR2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

Step 7 » Create a new file eclipse.desktop in /usr/share/applications/ and add the below code .

cd /usr/share/applications/

sudo nano eclipse.desktop

[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

Step 8 » Now install that desktop file using the below command.

sudo desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin

you can launch by