Eclipse Shortcut for Ubuntu

README.md

Eclipse Shortcut for Ubuntu Unity

a shortcut to run Eclipse on Ubuntu Unity and to register Eclipse with the left Launcher

Installation

In your terminal,

cd ~/.local/share/applications
wget https://gist.github.com/raw/2922285/eclipse.desktop
chmod u+x eclipse.desktop
vim eclipse.desktop
# edit eclipse.desktop to replace "<ECLIPSE_DIR>" with your eclipse directory

Register Eclipse with Unity Launcher

1. In your terminal, xdg-open ~/.local/share/applications to open the directory with the file browser
2. Drag and drop the eclipse.desktop on Unity Launcher

eclipse.desktop

# Eclipse Shortcut
# https://gist.github.com/2922285
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
Icon=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/icon.xpm
Exec=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/eclipse
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
StartupWMClass=Eclipse

It worked for me on 18.04 except for the drag and drop of eclipse.desktop to the launcher.
Instead, click on Activities, search for Eclipse, right click -> Add to favourites.

Thank you , it's work!

Thanks

This is great! I was struggling with the default installation because the respective button always opened a new button on the side bar of Ubuntu for every opened workspace and there was no way to know, which button belonged to which workspace. In this one you all active workspaces just in one button and select them by their names.

@Maliksajad004, Sometimes it does not work straight.

Below is how you can fix this problem $gsettings get org.gnome.shell favorite-apps you will see something like - ['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'google-chrome.desktop']

Now add eclipse.desktop in this your favorite app using : $gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Software.desktop', 'google-chrome.desktop','eclipse.desktop']"

You will see the eclipse icon on the favorite bar and when you click on it, It should work.

that did the trick.. neat :)