I wrote this a few years ago and am mainly posting it for testing and my own reference. I’ll probably update it eventually.
Download and extract eclipse. It should be in your downloads folder with the name eclipse-cpp-luna-SR1a-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
| Steps and Notes: | Terminal Commands: |
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| Update Repositories | sudo apt-get update |
| Install Java | sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk |
| Change to user directory | cd ~ |
| Move eclipse package to /opt directory | sudo mv Downloads/eclipse-cpp-luna-SR1a-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz /opt/ |
| Change to /opt directory | cd /opt |
| Unzip the eclipse package | sudo tar -xvf eclipse-cpp-luna-SR1a-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz |
| Create a desktop entry: | cd ~/../../usr/share/applications |
| Create a file called eclipse.desktop in the applications directory. | sudo touch eclipse.desktop |
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Edit the file; if vim is not already installed, you may need to type: |
sudo vim eclipse.desktop |
| Type i, which is the insert key and will allow you to begin typing into your file. | i |
| File Contents: |
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| Hit the escape key, then w (write), then q (quit), and hit enter/return. |
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Install the desktop file. Failure to include the [Desktop Entry] group header at the top of the eclipse.desktop file will cause this command to give the error message: Error on file “eclipse.desktop”: Key file does not start with a group |
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Eclipse is now installed.