How to Install Eclipse 2019-06 R IDE X86_64 Java EE on Linux Debian Jessie 8 Lxde 64-bit Easy Visual-Guide

April 8, 2013 | By Regaz.

The Tutorial shows you How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2023-03 R IDE JEE 64-bit for Debian 8 Jessie Lxde Amd64 Desktop.

There is also the Possibility to Install before the Classic Eclipse via apt-get and after Adding the JEE Developer Tool Capabilities via Eclipse Updates.

But the Debian Stretch Apt Repository is Still presenting the old Eclipse3 Flavor with a 3.8.

Hence, here to Get Into Latest Eclipse we Proceed Directly to Download and Installation of the Whole Eclipse for Java JEE Linux Release.

The Content give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands to make it Easier to Understand ;)

Debian Eclipse

  1. Download Latest Eclipse IDE Luna 4.4 JEE:

    Eclipse 2023-03 R IDE JEE Linux 64-bit

  • Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
    Debian Linux Wheezy Install Eclipse JEE Extraction

  • Open a Terminal Window
    (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

    Debian Linux Wheezy Lxde Open Terminal

  • Relocating Eclipse.

    su 

    If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo

    sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/eclipse && mv /tmp/eclipse /opt/

  • Starting Eclipse from Terminal.

    Making a Symlink

    ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/eclipse

    After you can Start Eclipse JEE from Terminal simply with:

    eclipse

  • Create an Eclipse Launcher for Easy&Quick Starting:

    Gnome3 Menu How Launcher

  • Recommended Oracle JDK Installation

    Required to Get the Best Results from Eclipse.

    Install Oracle JDK for Debian

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