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Direct installation of eclipse neon in ubuntu 16.04 LTS [duplicate]

James Craig |

I just installed Eclipse Neon for ubuntu without using terminal , I unarchived it and ran the program and it installed like in windows. Now when I type eclipse in terminal it can't open it.

I am thinking that any software that is not installed using terminal can't be accessed from it, am I right?

It asks me to install eclipse by using sudo apt install eclipse-platform , which means Terminal otherwise my OS has no idea if any program named eclipse is already installed.

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N.B.: This answer provides example of my own values. Adjust to your own as necessary

In the beginning of installation, the installer prompts user for installation folder

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In the screenshot , it will be placed into my ~/.eclipse/java-neon.

So in order to access eclipse from terminal, I have to add it to my PATH variable like so:

  1. Open ~/.bashrc with text editor
  2. add `$PATH=$PATH:/home/xieerqi/eclipse/java-neon/eclipse/eclipse
  3. save and exit.
  4. Run source ~/.bashrc in terminal

Now , if I run eclipse in terminal, it will be launched.

If you also would like to make it openable via Dash or Launcher, you will need to have a ~/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop file created

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Type=Application
Exec=/home/xieerqi/eclipse/java-neon/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/path/to/icon
Terminal=false

Note that icon part is optional

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