Eclipse Installation

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In this tutorial I will show you how to install Eclipse using Ubuntu 16.04.

Install JDK 8

sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

Download Oxygen.

tar -xzvf eclipse-inst-linux64.tar.gz
~/eclipse-installer/eclipse-inst

Install Eclipse

Eclipse Desktop Shortcut

cd ~/Desktop
touch eclipse.desktop
chmod u+x eclipse.desktop
nano eclipse.desktop

#Add the below to the file

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Icon=~/eclipse/java-oxygen/eclipse/icon.xpm
Exec=~/eclipse/java-oxygen/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
StartupWMClass=Eclipse