I'm a noob when it comes to Linux operating systems and my memory span is only slightly longer than a fish's, so I need to save things I discovered myself and found over the internet.
- Instructions about installing Eclipse on Fedora.
- Download Eclipse from here
- From terminal, log in as root
- Unzip the package to /work directory.
tar - xvzf eclipse-version.blablabla.tar.gz -C /work - Change permission on folder /eclipse
chmod -R +r /work/eclipse - Create executable file and save it to /usr/bin
touch /usr/bin/eclipse
chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
# create this file using vi
vi /usr/bin/eclips
# write the env variable to the file
ECLIPSE_HOME=/work/eclipse
export ECLIPSE_HOME
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $* - Create destop launcher for easy access
vi /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
#add these lines to the file
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Helio
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/work/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true - RUN Eclipse!!! YAY!!!!
- Now, if there is an error message about /lib/i386/client/libjvm.so: try this:
chon -t execmem_exec_t '/work/eclipse/eclipse'