How to Install Eclipse Java Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial Easy Guide

Install Eclipse Java Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial

Hi! The Tutorial shows you Step-by-Step How to Install Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java Developers on Xubuntu 16.04 Xenial GNU/Linux i386/Amd64 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 Xubuntu 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.

1. Open a Terminal Shell emulator window
   Ctrl+Alt+t on desktop
   (Press “Enter” to Execute Commands)

   

   In case first see: Terminal QuickStart Guide.

2. Download Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java Developers on Linux

   Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE Java tar.gz Linux

   Eclipse Java for Linux

   Do Not Download the Eclipse Installer but the Eclipse Binaries…

3. 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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5. 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

6. Launching Eclipse
   from Terminal simply with:

   eclipse

   Create an Eclipse Desktop Launcher for Easy-Starting:
   Ubuntu Launcher.

   

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