Install the prerequesites … java and wgetapt install default-jdk default-jre wget
Download the Eclipse IDE source codesudo wget http://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/eclipse//technology/epp/downloads/release/2018-12/R/eclipse-java-2018-12-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz
Once downloaded, extract to the /opt/ dirtar xzf eclipse-java-2018-12-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt/
To start the Eclipse IDE run: /opt/eclipse/eclipse
The extracting step doesn’t work for me, any suggestions?
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What error(s) does it give? If you’re getting permission denied, just put sudo in front of the tar command. Unexpected end of file? Then it could mean the file was not downloaded fully.
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