Redhat Linux install Eclipse

installed the Eclipse PHP developer version and setup the desktop launcher

1, Install JDK, easy,

downloaded the latest version JDK.

rpm -Uvh jdk-8u20-linux-x64.rpm 

2, download the Eclipse " Eclipse for PHP Developers"

extract to /opt to  install

tar -xvzf eclipse-standard-luna-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt

3, create the eclipse bash executable file in /usr/bin/

touch /usr/bin/eclipse
chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse

vim /usr/bin/eclipse

file content as:

#!/bin/sh
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
 
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*

4, Create Gnome desktop launcher

vim /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Content as:

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse SDK 4.3.2
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true

Now if you input the eclipse at the command line, eclipse will start, or you can go to Applications->programming->Eclipse to start the eclipse.