| Where is it? [message #1730437] |
Mon, 25 April 2016 15:24  |
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Installed Mars. At the end of installation it asks if I want to launch the program and I say 'sure'. Eclipse runs fine. Exit the program.
This morning I want to fire it up again, but where is it? No icon on the desktop, Linux Mint program menu does not have it. Invoking it from a terminal window does nothing.
Finally ran a search which delivered 947 instances of 'eclipse'. After eliminating Archives, Downloads and Pictures and focusing on Binaries, I finally located the program:
HOME/eclipse/cpp-mars/eclipse/eclipse
Fortunately it is named 'eclipse'. Also lucky that it is not in my working directory.
[Updated on: Mon, 25 April 2016 15:25] by Moderator |
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| Re: Where is it? [message #1730593 is a reply to message #1730537] |
Tue, 26 April 2016 20:05  |
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OK then. Linux Mint has this thing called 'Software Manager' that will install applications for you. A year or two ago, Eclipse was listed as one of the apps, but with the latest version of Mint, Eclipse has disappeared. Kind of makes sense, I suspect most computer users aren't interested in programming, so if you are going after the mass market it's best to concentrate on stuff that's popular.
'Software Manager' takes care of setting up the menu for the programs it supports, which also makes sense.
Eclipse's installation should do something to enable you to invoke it, but it doesn't even tell you were it is located. The HOME directory is kind of a weird place to put it given that Linux has this whole labyrinth of directories full of secret stuff. On the other hand, you don't have to be super to install it, which is good, since there doesn't seem to be any way to be super AND run 'Archive Manager'.
[Updated on: Tue, 26 April 2016 20:06] by Moderator |
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| Re: Where is it? [message #1730596 is a reply to message #1730593] |
Wed, 27 April 2016 00:49 |
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On 04/26/2016 06:05 PM, Chuck Pergiel wrote:
> OK then. Linux Mint has this thing called 'Software Manager' that will
> install applications for you. A year or two ago, Eclipse was listed as
> one of the apps, but with the latest version of Mint, Eclipse has
> disappeared. Kind of makes sense, I suspect most computer users aren't
> interested in programming, so if you are going after the mass market
> it's best to concentrate on stuff that's popular.
>
> 'Software Manager' takes care of setting up the menu for the programs it
> supports, which makes sense.
>
> Eclipse's installation should do something to enable you to invoke it,
> but it doesn't even tell you were it is located. The HOME directory is
> kind of a weird place to put it given that Linux has this whole
> labyrinth of directories full of secret stuff. On the other hand, you
> don't have to be super to install it, which is good, since there doesn't
> seem to be any way to be super AND run 'Archive Manager'.
It's well that Eclipse disappeared from Software Manager because the
right way to install Eclipse is NEVER through an OS package manager.
Eclipse isn't installed, on Linux or Windows, as other "installed"
software. It's a personal productivity tool best installed on a local
path under your control (though it can be installed elsewhere with some
trouble). I install mine, for example, on /home/russ/dev/eclipse.
Note, in passing, that IntelliJ works this way too as well as SQuirreL
and many other pieces of developer software I use in my daily work.
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