How to Install Latest Eclipse Kepler IDE (4.3.2) in Ubuntu 14.04 or 14.1...

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In this tutorial,

Let us Install Latest Eclipse IDE in Ubuntu 14.04 / 14.10 Desktop


You Can also Install in Linux Mint 17,Debain, xubuntu.

Eclipse IDE Install
1. Install Java (JRE/JDK)
Step1 :- sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Step2 :- sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

2. Download Eclipse Kepler IDE
Step3 :- sudo mv eclipse-SDK-4.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz /opt/
Step4 :- cd /opt/
Step5 :- sudo tar -xvf eclipse-SDK-4.3.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz .tar.gz


3. Create new Desktop File
Step6 :- sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Then add the following lines to the above file and save
Step7 :- [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

 I changed the exec line in the gedit file from
 Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
to
Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY= /opt/eclipse/eclipse
and it worked right


4. Additional Tasks
Run the following command to automatically install it in Unity
Step8 :- sudo desktop-file-install /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Create a symlink in /usr/local/bin
Step9 :- cd /usr/local/bin/
Step10 :- sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse

For Eclipse icon to be displayed in dash
Step11 :- sudo cp /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm


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