Eclipse Java EE Linux Mint 18 Installation Guide
Hello Mint User! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 2025-03 R IDE for Java JEE Development on Linux Mint 18 Sarah i386/amd64 Cinnamon/Mate/Kde/Xfce GNU/Linux Desktop.
And so this Guide illustrates in Detail How to Download and Install Eclipse 2025-03 R JEE for Linux.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Platform via apt-get But the Linux Mint 18 Sarah Apt Repos Depends from Ubuntu Trusty one that are still Back to a Legacy 3.x Eclipse Release.
The Contents and Details of Install Eclipse for JEE on Linux Mint 18 Guide 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 Latest Eclipse 2025-03 R IDE JEE for Linux:
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
Or from Shell:tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/eclipse*.tar.gz -C /tmp/
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Relocating Eclipse
su
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
End the SuperUser session with:
exit
Then to Start Eclipse JEE from Terminal:
eclipse
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Create an Eclipse Desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting
Linux Mint Menu How Launcher