Eclipse 4.4.2 --- How to install the latest Eclipse on Lubuntu 14.04

If we want to develop Java Language by IDE, the Eclipse will be a good choice because it is a open-source development environment and include the more plugin/extension/solution packages. It also supports various programming languages and can be installed in all Operating systems (Windows , Linux, Mac). So that how to install it?

At first ,we have to download latest eclipse from Eclipse Downloads by choose the right version based on the OS type 32-bit or 64-bit.

Once the file has already been download, we will extract this file by using the sudo tar -zxvf command and move the download packages to /opt directory by using the sudo mv ./eclipse /opt/ command

For creating an Eclipse launcher shortcut, we will create a new file eclipse.desktop in /usr/share/applications (# 2) and add the following content
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse Luna SR2 (4.4.2)
Type=Application
Exec=/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Terminal=false
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Comment=Integrated Development Environment
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE;
Name[en]=Eclipse

So do that the entity menu will be added now.

If we want to open eclipse in command mode, we can create a link file using the sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/ command to finish it.

Reference :
(# 1)   How to know the OS type installed? we can execute the uname -a | awk '{print $12}'
  command and it will tell us which version depend on the output is x86_64 (64-bit) or i386 (32 bit)

(# 2)   We can create/manage the launchers (*.desktop files) in one of the following directories:
            /usr/share/applications
            /usr/local/share/applications
            ~/.local/share/applications