Install Eclipse Standard Luna 4.4 on CentOS 6.X
The Guide shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE Standard for Linux CentOS 6.1/6.2/6.3/6.4/6.5/6.6/6.6 GNOME/KDE i686/x8664 Desktop.
There is also the Possibility to Install via YUM the Old Eclipse 3.X Release of the Classic Platform.
So we Proceed here Directly to Download and Installation of the Latest Original Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE Standard for Linux.
The Content give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands to make it Easier to Follow.
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Download Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Linux
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Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp.
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Open Terminal Window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands).In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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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/
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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