Install Eclipse Java Kubuntu 16.04 Xenial
Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java Developers on Kubuntu 16.04 Xenial LTS GNU/Linux i386/Amd64 Unity Desktop.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Platform via apt-get But the Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial apt Repositories are still Back to a Legacy Eclipse Flavor.
So at the Moment if you want Install the Latest Release of Eclipse 2023-12 R Build on Kubuntu Linux 16.04 you will Need to Download and Install Eclipse 2023-12 R Release for Linux.
As Requisite an Oracle Java JDK 8+ Installation is Strongly Recommended to Run Eclipse and its Plugins for the Best Results.
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Open a Shell Terminal emulator window
Just start Typing “konsole” on Desktop.
(Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)
In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.
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Download Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java Developers on Linux
Do Not Download the Eclipse Installer but the Eclipse Binaries…
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Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
Or from Command Line:tar xvzf ~/Downloads/eclipse*tar.gz -C /tmp/
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Relocating Eclipse Contents
For a System wide installation we make the superUser as owner:sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/eclipse
If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
Then we Move the Eclipse content into the /opt Directory:sudo mv /tmp/eclipse /opt/
Making a Symlink to put Eclipse into the working Path:sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/eclipse
Launching Eclipse
from Terminal simply with:eclipse
Create an Eclipse Desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting:
Ubuntu Launcher.
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