November 23rd, 2010 by Idris

1. Install Java Runtime: # apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-bin

2. Download Eclipse 3.3.x: #cd /opt/ ;  wget http://newfs.eepis-its.edu/software/development/eclipse/eclipse-jee-europa-linux-gtk.tar.gz ; tar -xzvf eclipse-jee-europa-linux-gtk.tar.gz

3. Configure Eclipse 3.3.x: # sudo chown -R root:root eclipse; sudo chmod -R +r eclipse; sudo chmod +x `sudo find eclipse -type d`

4. Create executeble for eclipse: #

sudo touch /usr/bin/eclipse
sudo chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
sudoedit /usr/bin/eclipse
#!/bin/sh
#export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=”/usr/lib/mozilla/”
export ECLIPSE_HOME=”/opt/eclipse”

$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*

Create Menu for Eclipse

sudoedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true

Initialize the setup

/opt/eclipse/eclipse -clean

4. Download flex builder for linux: # wget http://newfs.eepis-its.edu/software/development/adobe%20flex/flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin

5. Change the downloaded file as executable (chmod +x): # chmod +x   flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin

6. Install: # ./flexbuilder_linux_install_a4_081408.bin