The Tutorial Show How-to Install and Getting-Started with the Latest Eclipse 4.3 Kepler IDE for Java JEE Development on Linux Mint 14 Nadia Xfce 32bit Desktop.
There is the Possibility also to Install the Eclipse Platform via apt-get But the Linux Mint 14 Nadia apt-get Repos Depends from Ubuntu Quantal one that are still Back to Eclipse 3.8.
So At the Moment if you Want to Dispose of the Last Eclipse Kepler 4.3 Build on Linux Mint Nadia 14 you will Need to Download and Install the Original Eclipse Kepler 4.3 JEE Release for Linux.
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 Kepler JEE for Linux:
- Double-Click on Archive and Extract Eclipse into /tmp
- Open a Terminal Window
- Relocate Eclipse
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:
Cinnamon Menu How Launcher
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Install Recommended Oracle-Sun Official Java JDK7:
Install Oracle JDK7 for Mint
