How to install eclipse on Linux mint 15 – manually

Eclipse :

Eclipse is open source software used to develope application. it supports various programming languages like C/C++, PHP, JavaScript, Perl, Python, Ruby.
This article explains the installation of eclipse on linux mint 15 manually . Installation using software manager is easy but you will not get latest version . just follow th steps to install eclipse manually.

Install eclipse on linux mint 15

Step 1 » Install java JDK before installing eclipse.
krizna@leela:~$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk
Step 2 » Download the latest eclipse packages from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/?osType=linux.
Step 3 » Now after downloading move the downloaded package to /opt/ directory.
krizna@leela ~/Downloads $ sudo mv eclipse-jee-kepler-R-linux-gtk.tar.gz /opt/
Step 4 » Untar the file .
krizna@leela:~$ cd /opt
krizna@leela:/opt $ sudo tar -xvf eclipse-jee-kepler-R-linux-gtk.tar.gz
Step 5 » Modify the folder permissions.
krizna@leela:/opt $ sudo chown -R root:root eclipse
krizna@leela:/opt $ sudo chmod -R +r eclipse
Step 7 » Now Copy icon.xmp file to pixmaps folder as eclipse.xpm
krizna@leela:/opt $ sudo cp eclipse/icon.xpm /usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
Step 8 » Create a new file called eclipse.desktop in /usr/share/applications/ and add these lines .

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Icon=/usr/share/pixmaps/eclipse.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true

That’s it
Step 9 » To launch eclipse Goto Menu -> Programming -> Eclipse.

Goodluck