Re: Eclipse on Unix



vanandh22@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
Hi all,
Has anybody worked on Eclipse from a Unix box.
I yes can you help me on how to launch the eclipse IDE from a
unix/linux box.

--Thanks
Vijay Anandh

I remember starting Eclipse on Linux Fedora (not working very much, but tested - it worked).
First step: - don't use Java and Eclipse that come with Fedora distribution - they use GCJ Java and their Eclipse didn't work in my experience.
Second Step: - download and install SUN Java. Fedora documentation advices against using SUN Java RPM (their general insistence on GCJ is crazy, in my opinion), but I did just that and it apparently passed OK.
Third Step: - download Eclipse, put it in folder you like, and start it.
I don't remember other problems, and Eclipse worked OK.
.



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