How to install Eclipse Mars 4.5 on Ubuntu

Installing Eclipse

1. Download Eclipse from here
2. Extract it and you will end up having a folder named eclipse
   
   
   
   
   
3. Save it wherever you wish
• I saved mine in ~/Programs/eclipse

Adding a launcher shortcut

1. Press CTRL+ALT+T to open Terminal
2. Run the following commands:

sudo ln -s *eclipse path* /usr/bin/eclipse

• make sure you replace *eclipse path* with the location where you previously saved eclipse - in my case it is ~/Programs/eclipse/eclipse

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop


3. After these commands, gedit - Ubuntu's default text editor - should have opened
4. Copy the following text and paste it there:

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Type=Application
Exec=/home/henrique/Programs/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/henrique/Programs/eclipse/icon.xpm
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Eclipse
X-Desktop-File-Install-Version=0.22


• You need to replace the Exec and Icon paths to the location where you previously saved eclipse





5. Save the text file and close gedit
6. A shortcut should have been successfully created
   
   
   


7. You may have to log off and back in for it to show up