Install Eclipse on Debian (Etch)

October 1st, 2007

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I tried to install newest Eclipse with the packaging system but failed, so I did it manually.
Here are the steps that worked for me.

1. Download eclipse for linux from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/.

2. Unpack the package.

3. Move the package to /opt

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  1. mv eclipse/ /opt

4. Change permissions on the new directory

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  1. chown root.root /opt/eclipse
  2. chmod -R +r /opt/eclipse
  3. chmod +x `find eclipse -type d

5. Create a executable link

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  1. touch /usr/bin/eclipse
  2. chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
  3. /usr/bin/eclipse

6. and insert the following content.

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  1. #!/bin/sh
  2.     export ECLIPSE_HOME=/opt/eclipse
  3.     $ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*


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7. Create desktop symbol

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  1. touch /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
  2. edit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

8. and insert this

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  1. [Desktop Entry]
  2. Encoding=UTF-8
  3. Name=Eclipse
  4. Comment=Eclipse IDE
  5. Exec=eclipse
  6. Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
  7. Terminal=false
  8. Type=Application
  9. Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
  10. StartupNotify=true

SMD got me going at http://www.sumardi.net/2007/07/08/how-to-install-eclipse-33-manually/ but this solution did not work completely for me.

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