Install Eclipse on CentOS: Step-by-Step Guide

1 year ago
Liam
2 minutes

To install Eclipse on CentOS, you can follow these steps:

  1. Open the terminal.
  2. check the version of Java
  3. Install Java Development Kit using the sudo yum command.
  4. Download Eclipse in the terminal. Visit the official Eclipse website (https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/) to choose the version of Eclipse that is compatible with your operating system, and then copy the download link.
  5. Please download from the .
  6. Download Eclipse using the given link with the wget command.
  7. compressed file named eclipse-xxx.tar.gz
  8. Extract the contents of the file named eclipse-xxx.tar.gz using the command tar -zxvf.
  9. the obscuring of the light of the sun or moon interpreted as an ominous event
  10. An eclipse is when the moon passes in front of the sun, blocking out its light.
  11. Preferred option
  12. Move the Eclipse folder to /opt using superuser privileges.
  13. The eclipse desktop application
  14. Open the eclipse.desktop file located in /usr/share/applications using the nano text editor with root privileges.
  15. .desktop file for eclipse
  16. [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
  17. Save and exit the nano editor by using Ctrl + X.
  18. desktop eclipse
  19. Give executable permissions to the eclipse.desktop file located in /usr/share/applications.
  20. You can now find and launch Eclipse in the application menu.

After completing the above steps, you should have successfully installed and launched Eclipse on CentOS.

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