Install Eclipse Standard on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty 32/64-bit
The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting Started with the Latest Eclipse IDE 2025-06 R Standard/Classic for Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS Unity i386/Amd64 desktop.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Platform via apt-get But the Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty apt Repositories are still Back to Eclipse 3.8 Flavor.
So at the Moment if you want Install the Latest Release of Eclipse 2025-06 R Build on Ubuntu Linux 14.04 you will Need to Download and Install Eclipse 2025-06 R Release for Linux.
The Contents and Details of How to Install Eclipse Standard on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty are Expressly Essentials to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make the Tut Easier to Understand;)
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Download Eclipse IDE 2025-06 R for Linux
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).Cmd and Search “term”.
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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How to Install Recommended Oracle Java JDK on Ubuntu
To check your current JDK version:
javac --version && java -XshowSettings:properties -version 2>&1 | grep 'java.vendor'
If it’s the official Oracle JDK, the output will include:
java.vendor = Oracle Corporation. -
Relocating Eclipse
Login with superUser administration powerssudo 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/
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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
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Create an Eclipse desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting
