Path: csiph.com!1.us.feeder.erje.net!3.us.feeder.erje.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!bofh.it!news.nic.it!robomod From: Steinar Bang Newsgroups: linux.debian.maint.java Subject: Re: Installing runnable Eclipse from Debian packages Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 17:50:01 +0200 Message-ID: References: X-Mailbox-Line: From debian-java-request@lists.debian.org Thu May 4 15:40:12 2023 Old-Return-Path: X-Amavis-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.66 tagged_above=-10000 required=5.3 tests=[BAYES_00=-2, FOURLA=0.1, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS=0.25, LDO_WHITELIST=-5, T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE=-0.01] autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Policyd-Weight: using cached result; rate: -4.6 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: debian-java@lists.debian.org Organization: Probably a good idea MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:JI/aYXydEp+UfciwZa9vTOJlDEE= Mail-Copies-To: never X-Mailing-List: archive/latest/23308 List-ID: List-URL: List-Archive: https://lists.debian.org/msgid-search/87lei4hzr6.fsf@dod.no Approved: robomod@news.nic.it Lines: 13 Sender: robomod@news.nic.it X-Original-Date: Thu, 04 May 2023 17:39:41 +0200 X-Original-Message-ID: <87lei4hzr6.fsf@dod.no> X-Original-References: <557610a5957a0644cc86f84a10997184c30150e3.camel@group.force9.co.uk> Xref: csiph.com linux.debian.maint.java:12636 >>>>> Gervase : > Currently, I have access to the packages 'eclipse'/'eclipse-platform' on > Ubuntu. Having either installed then allows additional packages/plug- > ins to be installed for the various computer languages (e.g. JDT, CDT, > pydev). FWIW I've been running eclipse on debian desktops and laptops ince 2013. Initially I used the deb packaged version, but that was so antiquated compared to the current eclipse version at the time, that I moved to eclipse's own installer and have used that since then, installing under $HOME/eclipse/ (I am the only user on these debian systems anyway).