Getting-Started with Eclipse for Java EE Development on Debian Jessie 8
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java EE Developers on Linux Debian 8 Jessie Lxde/Gnome/KDE/Xfce i386/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 ;)
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Download Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R for Java EE Developers
Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE JEE GNU/Linux -
Double-Click/Right-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
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Open a 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 JEE from Terminal simply with:
eclipse
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