Tuesday, May 7, 2013

How-to Install Eclipse 4.2 Juno for Java Developers on Linux Sabayon 13.04 Xfce 64bit Easy Visual-Guide

The Guide Show Step-by-Step How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 4.2 Juno for Java SE Development on Linux Sabayon 13.04 Xfce amd64 Desktop.

 

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Sabayon Eclipse
  1. Download Latest Eclipse for Java on Linux:

    Eclipse 4.2 Java Linux
  2. Double-Click on Archive & Extract Into /tmp

    Linux Sabayon 13 Xfce Eclipse Classic Extraction
  3. Open Terminal Window
    Linux Sabayon 13 Xfce Open Terminal
  4. Relocate Eclipse
    su
    mv /tmp/eclipse /opt
  5. Create a Symlink
    ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse

    After you can Start Eclipse JSE from Terminal simply with:

    eclipse
  6. Create an Eclipse Launcher for Easy-Starting:

    Sabayon Xfce How-Launcher
    Linux Sabayon Xfce Eclipse Launcher
  7. Install Recommended Oracle Java SE JDK7

    Install Custom JDK7 for Sabayon
Eclipse Juno IDE Workbench