How to Install Eclipse Java on Linux Mint 19

3. Extracting Eclipse

Then Extract Eclipse into /tmp
Possibly Double-Click/Right-Click and Open with Archive Manager:

Or from Command Line:

tar xvzf $HOME/Downloads/eclipse*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. Installing Eclipse

Then to Install Eclipse for Java IDE
First, Set Ownership to the SuperUser with:

sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/eclipse

If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
And then Switch the Eclipse contents:

sudo mv /tmp/eclipse /opt/

Finally, make a Symlink for Easy Launching from Shell:

sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/eclipse

5. Setting Up Java

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