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Multi-language IDE with plug-in system

Eclipse is an multi-language IDE (integrated development environment) supporting extensive plug-ins. It is written mainly in Java and provides developments for Java, C/C++, Python, Perl, PHP, Ruby, and several others.

As well as being an IDE it provides an application framework, RCP (Rich Client Platform), which includes SWT (Standard Widget Toolkit).

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How to pin Eclipse to the Unity launcher?

How can I pin eclipse indigo 3.7 I have 'installed' at /opt/ to the taskbar? I have tried launching eclipse and right-clicking to choose the 'keep in launcher' option. But when I click that icon, after closing eclipse, it doesn't start eclipse. I…
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How to install Eclipse?

I want to install the latest version of Eclipse but the Ubuntu Software Centre contains an older version. Is there a PPA or some other way to install latest Eclipse? Please describe the steps for full installation.
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Eclipse menus are cut off or don't show

I'm using Ubuntu 13.10 (with JDK 1.7.0_45). I've downloaded and uncompressed Eclipse Kepler for Java EE Developers. The software menus are messed up. I didn't notice similar problems in other software. When I click any menu in Eclipse, the drop-down…
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Eclipse not working in 16.04

Eclipse was working as good as anything on 14.04. I did a clean install of 16.04 and installed Eclipse. But it runs a Java program only once after which it just hangs during subsequent attempts before I remove and reinstall it. I have tried many…
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Problems with Eclipse and Android SDK

I installed Eclipse, openjdk6 and downloaded and extracted the sdk manager file. Now, When I created an Android project I got the following error: 2012-06-06 18:44:40 - contactManager] /home/catia/android-sdks/platform-tools/aapt: error while…
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Ubuntu is not detecting my android device

I am new to android. I have just downloaded and installed android sdk. Now when I run the application from eclipse, my device is not getting detected. I have googled and was brought up with this as my solution, but that also didn't worked. Here's…
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How to install Eclipse using its installer

I downloaded the Linux Eclipse installer from its site. By default, it is installed in home folder. No desktop shortcuts nothing else. Just a copy to a folder. How can I install it the same way as is installed by sudo apt-get install eclipse?
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How to fix black tooltips in Eclipse?

I am having a weird problem with Eclipse documentation tooltips. When I startup Eclipse the tooltip works as expected: But after I press the down button the tooltip turns black: and stays like that for the rest of the session. I am using Eclipse…
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How to fix unreadable tooltips in Eclipse Helios?

This is what a function tooltip looks like for Eclipse CDT in Ubuntu 10.04 with the default theme: ! There's nothing in Eclipse's General > Appearance > Colors And Fonts preferences settings. Is there an easy fix for these unreadable context…
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JAVA_HOME is set to the wrong directory

Hello fellow Ubuntu users, I am trying to learn how to write modifications to Minecraft. In order to follow the tutorial I am using, I need to run a "gradlew". The command is as follows ./gradlew setupDecompWorkspace eclipse This yields the…
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Is there a way to enable the Eclipse global menu bar?

I have installed Ubuntu 13.10 and it is working fine, but my Eclipse menu bar is not integrating with the Unity global menu bar, thus, I can't perform any operation in Eclipse. I have tried various command like modifying libappmenu from vim. But…
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How to completely uninstall eclipse?

I'm working on Eclipse Indigo on Ubuntu 12.04. I'm trying to completely uninstall Eclipse (with Synaptic Package Manager + Mark for complete removal), but when I reinstall it, I clearly see that it has kept all parameters, and history, which is what…
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How to add Eclipse to Favorites?

I installed the latest version of Eclipse onto Ubuntu 18.04 with the official installer from the Eclipse website, however I can't get it to appear on my favorites bar/dock. I have tried dragging the executable file to the dock, but it doesn't work.…
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Eclipse (ADT) crash Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled

i found my problem here: how to fix “Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled” error while running java and here: Eclipse crashing on startup and here: Eclipse continue crash Nothing help me; This is the problem: # A fatal error has…
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Why does Eclipse's "Check for updates" not work

I just did a fresh install of 12.04 Precise. In Eclipse, if I do "Help" > "Check for updates" I see 8 packages which are grayed out with the message "Insufficient access privileges to apply this update." Any idea how I fix this?
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