eclipse on linux
hi guys im a newb. i got suse 10 on my laptop and when i try to install eclipse-SDK-3.1.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz it comes with some problems...
first i tried to install it with KPackage and it says: installpkg -warn //home/gary/eclipse-SDK-3.1.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz ;echo RESULT=$ ? sh: installpkg: command not found RESULT=127 then i tried something like: :~> su Password: linux:/home/# installpkg eclipse-SDK-3.1.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz bash: installpkg: command not found wat is going on??im totally confused... any help? Thanks a lot |
It looks as if you've got a few things confused. Installpkg is the tool you use in Slackware to install Slackware packages. Since you're running Suse, it probably is a good thing that it isn't a recognized command. Suse uses RPM packages and those are installed with the rpm command.
What you've got there is a tarball (.tar.gz) not a Slackware package (.tgz) that you can expand with the tar command like this: tar zxvf eclipse-SDK-3.1.2-linux-gtk.tar.gz (check out man tar for more of what tar can do) That will create a directory with the expanded contents of the eclipse tarball. |
YAST is your friend...
Hey Gary,
Hangdog is correct, you've got a hairball, but I think I can help you cough it up. ;-) Actually, in SUSE, the thing to use is YAST. I went for several months using SUSE before I figured out that the Software Management option of YAST can be used to upgrade EVERYTHING easily. I have the following version of Eclipse successfully running on SUSE 10.0: Eclipse SDK Version: 3.1.2 Build id: M20060118-1600 The trick is to first install Eclipse 3.1.0 using YAST (currently the newest RPM that SUSE has packaged). This tutorial should help with that, and more: Update All Package Versions on Your SUSE Linux 10.0 Machine http://www.novell.com/coolsolutions/feature/16592.html Specifically, you'll need to select these packages while in YAST: eclipse eclipse-gtk2 eclipse-jdt eclipse-platform eclipse-scripts Then after it's done, just start Eclipse and use it to upgrade the rest of the way via its own Update Manager. The official instructions are here: Upgrading from 3.1 to 3.1.x using update manager http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platf...sfor3.1.1.html You might also find this article useful for getting the latest version of Java, and other goodies: Hacking OpenSUSE http://www.thejemreport.com/mambo/content/view/178/42/ Good luck, Brett |
new person, same question.
I'm running Fedora 2. I did tar -zxvf eclipse....... it created a directory called "eclipse" and put all the files in it. What is the next step? Keep in mind I'd like to do it all at command prompt if possible, since I'm trying to learn all I can about shell |
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