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How to Install Eclipse Oxygen IDE in Linux Mint 18.3

To Install Eclipse Oxygen IDE in Linux Mint 18.3

Eclipse provides IDE for various programming languages, testing In this how-to guide, we used Eclipse for Java EE developers. It is so simple to install Eclipse Oxygen IDE in Linux Mint 18.3 and this tutorial covers the ground on the same process.


Installing Eclipse Oxygen IDE

But before the installation, Eclipse requires Java to be installed on your system. Make sure you have proper Java installed.


In order to download the latest eclipse version download it from the official website: https://www.eclipse.org/downloads/eclipse-packages

For this tutorial, I have download Eclipse IDE for Java EE developers.You have other options available on download page.



Once it is downloaded, you need to navigate the download folder by making use of the following command. 

linuxhelp ~ # cd /home/user/Downloads/ 
linuxhelp Downloads # ls
eclipse-jee-oxygen-2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

And, extract the downloaded file using the following command. 

linuxhelp Downloads # tar -zxvf eclipse-jee-oxygen-2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /usr/local
eclipse/
eclipse/p2/
eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/
eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/
eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/epp.package.jee.profile/
eclipse/p2/org.eclipse.equinox.p2.engine/profileRegistry/epp.package.jee.profile/1513587876936.
.
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eclipse/eclipse.ini
eclipse/configuration/
eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/
eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.equinox.simpleconfigurator/bundles.info
eclipse/configuration/config.ini
eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.update/
eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.update/platform.xml

Once it is done, you need to create a Symbolic link for systemwide access as follows. 

linuxhelp Downloads # ln -s /usr/local/eclipse/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse

Next, create Eclipse desktop launcher icon into system applications directory.

linuxhelp Downloads # vim /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

And then make the following changes.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Type=Application
Encoding=UTF-8
Exec=/usr/bin/eclipse
Icon=/usr/local/eclipse/icon.xpm
Categories=GNOME Application Development 
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
~                                                                                              
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" /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop"  10L, 212C

After you’ ve created Eclipse launcher, go to the search field and find eclipse to launch the application.


In the Eclipse application, you need to choose your workspace and click Launch.


Choose to create New JAVA EE project.


Enter the project name and select Finish

With this, the tutorial on Eclipse Oxygen IDE in Linux Mint 18.3 comes to an end.


Tag : Linux Mint Eclipse IDE
FAQ
Q
Can I install plug-ins outside the main install directory?
A
Users who like to “live on the edge” will be frequently installing new builds of Eclipse. When a new build is installed, a manual step is generally required to copy over any extra plug-ins from the old build to the new one. We all know how much programmers hate manual steps, so it would be nice if there were an easy way to link a set of external plug-ins into Eclipse builds. A mechanism to do that is called a product extension.



A product extension must be laid out on disk in a certain way so the Eclipse configuration tools can recognize it. Following is the disk layout for a product extension that contains a single plug-in called org.eclipse.faq.examples.



eclipse/

.eclipseextension

plugins/

org.eclipse.faq.examples/

plugin.xml

examples.jar

... optionally more plug-in directories ...

features/

... features would go here ...
Q
Does Eclipse run on any Linux distribution?
A
Each release of Eclipse is tested on a set of officially supported platforms:



Eclipse Platform 4.7 (Oxygen)

Eclipse Platform 4.6 (Neon)

Eclipse Platform 4.5 (Mars)



The latest releases should normally work fine on any recent Linux distribution. But the Linux graphical UI systems change fast and it is entirely possible that newer releases of Eclipse will not work on older distributions, and similarly older releases of Eclipse may not work on newer distributions.



Portability of Eclipse is defined mainly by the underlying Java runtime (Eclipse 4.6 and later needs a Java 8 runtime) and by what platform SWT runs on, as all graphical UI in Eclipse are based on SWT.



For historical interest, earlier versions of Eclipse have also been compiled with gcj (http://www.klomp.org/mark/classpath/eclipse-gnome-gij.png) and even made to run on .Net, using IKVM on the CLR or Mono through the amazing work of Jeroen Frijters.
Q
How do I increase the heap size available to Eclipse?
A
Some JVMs put restrictions on the total amount of memory available on the heap. If you are getting OutOfMemoryErrors while running Eclipse, the VM can be told to let the heap grow to a larger amount by passing the -vmargs command to the Eclipse launcher. For example, the following command would run Eclipse with a heap size of 256MB:



eclipse [normal arguments] -vmargs -Xmx256M [more VM args]



The arguments after -vmargs are directly passed to the VM. Run java -X for the list of options your VM accepts. Options starting with -X are implementation-specific and may not be applicable to all VMs.
Q
How to install eclipse on Linuxmint?
A
For the installation of the Eclipse on Linuxmint, use the following link as given below "https://www.linuxhelp.com/how-to-install-eclipse-oxygen-ide-in-linux-mint-18-3/"
Q
How to get the official documentation of the Eclipse?
A
Get the official documentation for the Eclipse , use the following link as given below "https://www.eclipse.org/oxygen/".