The Tutorial Show How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 4.3 Kepler JEE 64bit for Linux Ubuntu Gnome Raring Amd64 Desktop.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Classic Platform via apt-get and after Adding the JEE Developer Tool Capabilities via Eclipse Updates But the Ubuntu 13.04 Raring apt-get Repositories are still Back to Eclipse 3.8 Flavor.
Hence here to Get Into Eclipse4 we Proceed Directly to Download and Installation of the Whole Eclipse for Java JEE Linux Release.
The Content and Details are Expressly Reduced to Give Focus Only to the Essentials Instructions and Commands and Make Tut Easier to Read & Digest ;)
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Download Latest Eclipse JEE for Linux:
- Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
- Open a Terminal Window
Cmd & Search for Terminal
- Relocate Eclipse
sudo su
mv /tmp/eclipse /opt
- Create a Symlink
ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse
After you can Start Eclipse JEE from Terminal simply with:
eclipse
Create an Eclipse Launcher for Easy-Starting:
How-to Create Gnome3 Launcher
- Recommended Oracle JDK7 Installation
To Get the Best Results from Eclipse Platform and Installed Plugins is Strongly Recommended You Proceed Also to Install the Oracle Official Java JDK7 on System!
Install Oracle JDK7 for Ubuntu
