What are the steps to install Eclipse on Linux?

The steps to install Eclipse are as follows:

1. Download the Eclipse installation package for Linux from the official Eclipse website (https://www.eclipse.org). Choose the version that corresponds to your operating system architecture (32-bit or 64-bit).
2. After the download is complete, unzip the installation package to any directory. You can choose to unzip it to the /opt directory or any other directory of your preference.
3. Open the terminal and use the following command to enter the installation directory of Eclipse:
4. Navigate to the directory where Eclipse is located.
5. /path/to/eclipse is the path where you have extracted the Eclipse installation package.
6. To start Eclipse, run the following command.
7. Launch Eclipse.
8. If you already have Java installed on your system, Eclipse will start. Otherwise, you will need to install Java and set up the JAVA_HOME environment variable before launching Eclipse.
9. Choose a workspace directory on the welcome page of Eclipse. This directory will serve as your workspace, storing your project files.
10. After completing the steps above, you have successfully installed and launched Eclipse.

Note: The commands mentioned in the above steps may require administrator privileges to execute. If you do not have admin rights, you can try adding “sudo” before the command to elevate the permissions.