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Eclipse Installation | Ubuntu

Mark Lucernas
Sep 24, 2020

Eclipse

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Extract the package into the /opt directory:

sudo tar xfv eclipse-java-2020-06-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt

Create symlink of the executable to /usr/local/bin

sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse/eclipse /usr/local/bin/

Create Eclipse Launcher Icon

sudo vim /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Then paste

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse IDE
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=/usr/local/bin/eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=false

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Issues

Access restriction: The type 'Application' is not API (restriction on required
library jfxrt.jar)

Solution:

e(fx)clipse JavaFX

To install, go to Help -> Eclipse Marketplace then search fx and install the e(fx)clipse

NOTE: Make sure before creating new JavaFX project, proper JRE execution environment has properly been setup.

  • Go to Window -> Preference -> Java -> Installed JREs then add installed jre in your machine
  • Then, Under Installed JREs go to Execution Environments and pick the [perfect match] for the selected Installed JRE

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Maven JavaFX

Create a new maven project, making sure Create a simple project (skip archetype selection) option is unchecked, then Add Archetype and enter the following:

Archetype Group Id: org.openjfx
Archetype Artifact Id: javafx.archetype.fxml or javafx.archetype.simple
Archetype Version: 0.0.1

Then on the Filter textbox, type org.openjfx and pick the desired archetype from the search result and hit Next

Under Properties available from archetype: change javafx-version value to match your desired jdk version.

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