The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2023-03 R IDE for Java SE Development on Fedora Linux 18 Xfce i686 Desktop.
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Download Latest Eclipse for Java on Linux:
Right-Click > Open with XArchiver
Then Extract into /tmp.
Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands):
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 from Terminal simply with:
eclipse
Create an Eclipse Desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting:
Install Recommended Oracle Java SE JDK.
