Objective
The objective is to install the latest Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver Linux
Operating System and Software Versions
- Operating System: – Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
- Software: – Eclipse Oxygen.2 IDE – 4.7.2
Requirements
Privileged access to your Ubuntu System as root or via sudo
command is required.
Conventions
- # – requires given linux commands to be executed with root privileges either directly as a root user or by use of
sudo
command - $ – requires given linux commands to be executed as a regular non-privileged user
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Instructions
Install Java
Before you proceed with the Eclipse Oxygen IDE installation confirm that you have Java already installed on your system. Example:
$ java -version java version "9.0.4" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 9.0.4+11) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 9.0.4+11, mixed mode)
Follow our guide on how to install java on Ubuntu 18.04 in case you do not have Java installed yet. This guide will use Oracle java 9.0.4
for the Eclipse Oxygen installation on Ubuntu 18.04.
Alternatively, instead of proprietary oracle java you can install OpenJDK java on Ubuntu 18.04.
Download Eclipse Oxygen Installer
At this point you should have Java already installed on your Ubuntu system. Use the below wget
command to download the latest Eclipse Oxygen IDE or use your browser to a select different mirror:
$ wget http://eclipse.bluemix.net/packages/oxygen.2/data/eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz
Once the Eclipse Oxygen package is download use tar
to extract it:
$ tar xzf eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz
Start Eclipse Oxygen Installer
At this stage we are ready to start Eclipse Oxygen Installer. The installer executable is located within the newly extracted directory eclipse-installer
. Start the installer by executing the bellow command:
$ ./eclipse-installer/eclipse-inst
Please note that if you need to install another IDE flavor simply run the Eclipse Oxygen installer again and select a different IDE to install.
Note, each installed Eclipse IDE has its own separate directory and eclipse
executable binary. To start for example Eclipse IDE for Java Developers you would execute the command:
$ ~/eclipse/java-latest-released/eclipse/eclipse
Whereas to start Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers you might use:
$ ~/eclipse/cpp-latest-released/eclipse/eclipse
and so on. Alternatively follow our guide on how to create desktop shortcut launcher on Ubuntu 18.04.
The sample Gnome desktop shortcut for Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
can be found below. Make sure to enter a valid full path to your Eclipse IDE installation folder on Line 6 and Line 9:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=/home/linuxconfig/eclipse/java-latest-released/eclipse/eclipse
Name=Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
Comment=Eclipse IDE for Java Developers
Icon=/home/linuxconfig/eclipse/java-latest-released/eclipse/icon.xpm