OK – wget this link if you’re on 64 bit:Īt this point I’m assuming you’ve got a tarred Eclipse in your downloads folder and you know where Java is installed. tar.gz file if that’s you but really, what are you doing? Actually, maybe you’re setting up a bunch of computers over SSH which will have monitors in the future but don’t now. If you’ve not got a GUI then I’m going to decide you shouldn’t be installing Eclipse. If it says something else entirely then I’m flummoxed – have a Google around to find out what bit your Ubuntu installation is. If you don’t know which you should be using, I’d advise running the following command: uname -a | awk '' Pick the top version (Eclipse standard) and decide which bit version you want (32 or 64). I’m going to advise heading on over to the Eclipse download link: I’ll not deal with that here but I mention how to do so in my post on installing Hadoop on Ubuntu.Īs with installing Hadoop, there are a couple of ways to do this. If they didn’t work, you’ll want to install Java before continuing. It doesn’t matter if your results are different to mine, just keep trooping on. If both commands worked (gave you a path and a version) then excellent, carry on wayward son. If they both worked you should have seen the path to where your Java is installed (mine was /usr/bin/java) and the version of Java you have installed (1.7 OpenJDK for me). Give this command a cheeky little run (from terminal – press Ctrl + shift + t to get terminal on the screen): However, if you want a more up to date version then there’s a degree of hacking about required. Now installing Eclipse on Ubuntu is really easy – there’s a version in the software centre that’ll work just fine. RStudio for R, Vim/IPython for Python, but when I’m doing anything in Java (inc. I do most of my coding in Python and find Vim works well enough for most of what I need to do. Today I’m on Eclipse – I’m by no means an Eclipse regular.

Given that I do this so often, it makes sense for me to have a repository of tutorials for doing so! If you’ve followed any of my other posts you’ll know I recently wiped my OS (something I do alarmingly regularly) – as such, I’m reinstalling a bunch of stuff.

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