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Thursday, June 25, 2015

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:

    3. 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:

    5. [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
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34 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 5, 2015 at 9:52 PM

    Thanks!

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  2. UnknownJuly 7, 2015 at 7:04 AM

    Thank you So much

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  3. AnonymousJuly 19, 2015 at 12:44 PM

    I have ubuntu 14.04 and attempted to follow the steps above for installing Mars eclipse.
    Unfortunately, the steps here did not work. It resulted in the error - "There was an error launching the application".

    Can you help on how to solve the problem.


    FYI, I downloaded the linux 64 bit version of eclipse mars from the links you provided above

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    1. DifusalJuly 19, 2015 at 11:16 PM

      Have you installed jdk?

      sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

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    2. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2016 at 9:44 PM

      This the message I get when I run that on the terminal:
      E: Could not get lock /var/lib/dpgk/lock - open (11: Resource temporaraly unavailable)
      E: Unable to lock the administration directory (/var/lib/dgpk/), is another process using it?

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    3. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2016 at 10:01 PM

      ok, It got accepted now, though the the result when I run it now is:
      E: unable to locate package openjdk-7-jdk

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  4. UnknownJuly 21, 2015 at 8:52 PM

    Thanks.

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  5. NicoleAugust 1, 2015 at 7:33 PM

    Thank you!

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  6. AnonymousAugust 8, 2015 at 1:16 PM

    Thank you so much for Help.

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  7. StampederAugust 20, 2015 at 5:17 PM

    Thanks a lot. Followed your instructions and it works just fine.
    Very nice job.

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  8. Eduard DíazAugust 27, 2015 at 11:06 AM

    Thanks!!
    Works great!

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  9. UnknownSeptember 21, 2015 at 9:16 AM

    Thanks!
    It works great.
    But when I click on my icon nothing happens

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    1. UnknownNovember 14, 2015 at 1:12 PM

      yeah nothings happen on clicking the icon, how to start eclipse

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  10. AnonymousOctober 2, 2015 at 10:42 AM

    Nice!

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  11. UnknownOctober 10, 2015 at 10:46 AM

    Thank you for this tutorial.

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  12. PorrasNovember 4, 2015 at 1:56 AM

    Thank you very much! This tutorial is really helpful! Will share!

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  13. AnonymousNovember 21, 2015 at 2:41 PM

    Got it working. Thank you!

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  14. UnknownDecember 15, 2015 at 12:53 PM

    Hi Henrique,
    Thanks a lot for this tutorial, is perfect!


    -Ricardo

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  15. UnknownDecember 30, 2015 at 2:17 PM

    Thank you very much....

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  16. TadeuJanuary 3, 2016 at 10:59 PM

    Great! Thank you.

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  17. AnonymousJanuary 9, 2016 at 11:40 AM

    tu solus sanctus

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  18. Mirco AttocchiJanuary 28, 2016 at 7:47 PM

    Great! Thank you.

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  19. AnonymousJanuary 29, 2016 at 3:37 PM

    I have ubuntu 14.04 & by mistakely install eclipse
    3.8 but i need to intall eclipse mars !! Please help

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    1. AnonymousFebruary 1, 2016 at 8:17 PM

      Press Alt
      Write Eclipse
      Select the Eclipse version you installed by mistake
      Click "Uninstall"
      :)

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  20. HelloFebruary 1, 2016 at 6:54 AM

    Thank you very much

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  21. CondeFebruary 18, 2016 at 7:23 PM

    Funciona en linux mint 17
    Gracias

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  22. AnonymousMarch 24, 2016 at 3:17 AM

    I got an error after I save the gedit file. It says Gtk-Warning. I just ignored it and eclipse won't launch.

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  23. AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 6:07 PM

    simple and precise description, it works perfect! Thanks!

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  24. AnonymousApril 13, 2016 at 12:08 PM

    Thanks man!

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  25. Ashutosh SharmaMay 22, 2016 at 5:42 AM

    Not working...getting an error "An error has occurred. See the log file null."

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  26. UnknownJune 3, 2016 at 9:44 PM

    Is this eclipse 2015 , where I could use it for mobile app , phone gap?

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  27. UnknownMarch 20, 2017 at 6:48 PM

    How Do I know X-Desktop-File-Install-Version of my downloaded eclipse?

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