How to Install Eclipse Java EE on CentOS 7 Easy Guide

Setting Up

2. 2. Downloading Eclipse Java EE

   Download Eclipse IDE for Java EE on Linux

   Here Eclipse IDE Java EE tar.gz Linux

   Link to Download Latest Eclipse 2023-12 R IDE for Java EE GNU/Linux Release

   On Firefox if possible on Prompt Select directly “Open with Archive Manager”!

   

   Or after with Chrome Click the Button on the Page’s Bottom, or again Double-Click on it in the File Manager…

3. 3. Extracting Eclipse Java EE

   Then Extract Eclipse tar.gz into /tmp Directory
   If it does Not Open automatically then Double-Click on File Manager:

   
   Or from Command Line:

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   tar xvzf ~/Downloads/*.tar.gz -C /tmp/

4. 4. Installing Eclipse Java EE

   Next follow with GNU/Linux CentOS Eclipse Installation.

   For a System wide installation we make the superUser as owner:

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   sudo chown -R root:root /tmp/eclipse

   Authenticate with the User Admin Pass.
   If Got “User is Not in Sudoers file” then see: How to Enable sudo
   Then we Move the Eclipse content into the /opt Directory with:

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   sudo mv /tmp/eclipse /opt/

   Again make a Symlink to put Eclipse into the working Path:

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

5. 5. Oracle Java JDK Installation

   How to Install Recommended Oracle Java JDK on CentOS

   Here Install Oracle JDK for CentOS

   Link to Install Oracle-Sun Java SE JDK on CentOS