Install Eclipse SDK 4.2 (Juno) on Fedora

Address: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-install-eclipse-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/

1. Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 or Java JDK 6

Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL)
Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 6 on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL)

2. Download Eclipse SDK 4.2 (Juno)

Download suitable version from www.eclipse.org/downloads. This guide uses Eclipse Classic 4.2 version. Another popular versions are Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers andEclipse for PHP Developers. Select also 32-bit or 64-bit version depending on your system.

3. Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i

4. Extract Eclipse package (example to /opt directory)

## x86 - 32-bit ##
tar -xvzf eclipse-SDK-4.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz -C /opt
 
## x86_64 - 64-bit ##
tar -xvzf eclipse-SDK-4.2-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt

5. Add read permissions to all files

chmod -R +r /opt/eclipse

6. Create Eclipse executable on /usr/bin path

touch /usr/bin/eclipse
chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
 
## Open eclipse file with your favourite editor ##
nano -w /usr/bin/eclipse
 
## Paste following content to file ##
#!/bin/sh
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
 
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*

7. Create Gnome desktop launcher

## Create following file, with our favourite editor ##
/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
 
## Add following content to file and save ##
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse SDK 4.2
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true

8. Start Eclipse 4.2

From command line use eclipse command

eclipse

From Desktop menu Gnome 3 Eclipse 4.2

From Desktop menu Gnome 2 and Eclipse 3.6 (Helios)

9. Eclipse 3.6 screenshots, running (and starting) on Fedora 13 32-bit and CentOS 5.5 64-bit

Eclipse loading

Eclipse 3.6 running on Fedora 13 32-bit

Eclipse 3.6 running on CentOS 5.5 64-bit

Troubleshooting

If you get something like following errors:

Failed to load the JNI shared library /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
Or
/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied

Then do following:

chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/eclipse/eclipse'