How can I pin eclipse indigo 3.7 I have 'installed' at /opt/ to the taskbar?
I have tried launching eclipse and right-clicking to choose the 'keep in launcher' option. But when I click that icon, after closing eclipse, it doesn't start eclipse.
I have already looked at How do I add Eclipse Indigo to the launcher? but no answer worked for me. (Mod note: The answers from this thread are now merged into this one)
First, create a .desktop file to eclipse:
gedit ~/.local/share/applications/opt_eclipse.desktop
Then, paste this inside (dont forget to edit Exec and Icon values):
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
Icon=** something like /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm **
Exec= ** something like /opt/eclipse/eclipse **
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
StartupWMClass=Eclipse
After that, open that folder with nautilus:
nautilus ~/.local/share/applications
If you want to use this launcher outside dash/launcher (ex: as a desktop launcher) you need to add execution permission by right clicking the file and choosing Properties -> Permissions -> Allow execution, or, via the command-line:
chmod +x ~/.local/share/applications/opt_eclipse.desktop
Finally drop opt_eclipse.desktop to launcher.
For Ubuntu 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
If the applications folder does not exist inside ~/.local/share/ create it
mkdir ~/.local/share/applications
Check if your installation left you with a workable .desktop file for Eclipse and copy it if exists
cp /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
If the file does not exist create a .desktop file for Eclipse in your ~/.local/share/applications/ folder using gnome-desktop-item-edit, ie:
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications/
On the name set it to Eclipse, on the command enter the path to the binary file of Eclipse, insert a comment if you want and click the icon to select the icon that you desire for Eclipse.
Press ok when you are finished.
After copying the file or creating your own open that folder location
nautilus ~/.local/share/applications/
Locate the file you just created and drag it to the launcher
If user21580's answer doesn't work (great suggestion, but I think it didn't work for me when I installed Indigo), you can try adding an eclipse.desktop file to ~/.local/share/applications/, with these contents:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Icon=<path-to-eclipse-install>/icon.xpm
Name=Eclipse Indigo 3.7
#Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 <path-to-eclipse-install>/eclipse
Exec=env <path-to-eclipse-install>/eclipse
If you experience bugs, you can try the Exec line which is commented out instead of the current one.
References:
Let me show you how to create a custom launcher and pin it to the Launcher.
1) First, install gnome-panel:
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel
2) To create a new desktop shortcut run the following command either in the terminal or using Alt-F2:
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop
A window will pop up, submit your shortcut details and click OK:
Your shortcut will now appear on your desktop.
Then drag your new shortcut from Desktop to your Launcher.
That's it!
If you have donwloaded Eclipse from the website instead of install it from repositories you can lock the launcher doesn't work. You can solve this by writting the file with extension .desktop, in our case eclipse.desktop.
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse
Exec=/path/eclipse
Icon=/path/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Where /path is where you've installed eclipse. After you have saved it, you have to give execution permission:
$ chmod +x eclipse.desktop
Then you execute it with Nautilus and by clicking (right click) over the laucher you can lock to the launcher. And you can launch the app correctly.
Click Show Applications, find Eclipse in the list, right click & Add to Favourites.
I think this is a cleaner version:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
Icon=eclipse
Exec=eclipse
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
You should add this to /usr/local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop and symlink eclipse on /usr/bin.
You might want to change the icon path if your theme doesn't have a eclipse button (ex. ambiance/radiance).
If I'm not mistaken this is the file that comes with galileo from the repos (wich I removed), and I've been using it with Helios and now Indigo.
For 12.04
I prefer to install from repository. This just works for me and I document the Graphical way to do it here.
If you must install the portable version(getting the tar.gz from the eclipse website) here's the best way I've found to get portable working and locked to the Launcher.
Download the eclipse portable and extract to your Desktop. In a terminal:
sudo apt-get install eclipse-platform
sudo mv Desktop/eclipse /opt/eclipse
/opt/eclipse/eclipse
Right click the icon in the launcher bar and pin to bar. I can verify that it's portable and not the platform because I have LOADS of plug-ins installed which don't appear when launched this way.
You may find that creating a .desktop file works, but that you run into mysterious behaviour if you have more than one portable instance installed.
Try
Exec=/bin/bash /home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse
or make /home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse executable
sudo chmod u+x /home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse
and use:
Exec=/home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse
Make sure if you're using the 32bit version on a 64bit machine, you install the 32bit libraries (ia32libs-multiarch i think is the package in Precise).
Alternatively, if you're trying to run 64bit Eclipse on a 32bit machine, you need to download the 32bit version instead.
I have tested it for Eclipse MARs(not the installation one)-but the one which is tar.gz package on Ubuntu Desktop 14.0.4
gedit /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
contents for this:
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
Icon=** something like /opt/eclipse/icon.xpm **
Exec= ** something like /opt/eclipse/eclipse **
Terminal=false
Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
StartupWMClass=Eclipse
Then in the finder search for Eclipse when the menu comes up - just drag it to the launcher and then it will start working. Very simple steps and nothing complicated to get it up and running.
For Ubuntu 11.10
Download gnome-panel from the Ubuntu Software Center if not already installed.
Run the Gnome "Create Launcher" from the terminal like so:
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/.local/share/applications/
A dialog box will appear.
Done!
In the exec line put the executable (eclipse) directly. Don't try to add special characters to space, i.e., if your eclipse is in the /home/username/My Dev Programs/Eclipse/eclipse put the entire line with the spaces on the exec line. Here is a my eclipse.desktop file:
#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Icon=/home/marcos/Imagens/Icons/Eclipse Icon 128.png
Name=Eclipse
Exec=/home/marcos/Dev Software/eclipse/eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse IDE
Use this:
[Desktop Entry]
Version=4.2
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Java IDE
Exec=/home/USERNAME/eclipse/eclipse
Type=Application
Icon=/home/USERNAME/eclipse/icon.png
Terminal=false
NoDisplay=false
Categories=Development;IDE
It works for me.
If not using a *.deb file, your software is not included in menus or the launcher. The easy way: Just start Eclipse from /opt and look for an icon appear in Unity launcher (the sidebar). Right click and check "Keep in launcher".
Atem18 is correct. Do this if you want your launchers to be available system wide. This is how I automated creating launchers. This assumes you have already installed gnome-panel.
mkdir ~/bin or right click on your home file browser and make folder bin.source .profile or logout and logingedit in terminal or from dash
#!/bin/sh
sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new
Don't use the hyphens/bullets and no need to indent.
Give it a name with no spaces save to your new bin directory and then make executable (chmod a+x launcher-script) or right click goto properties> Permissions and click the execute box.
now in terminal: sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit /usr/share/applications/ --create-new
You should have the Create Launcher gui open.
Type = Application in Terminal THIS ONLY APPLIES THIS TIME. Most of the time it will be Application after this.
You can name what you wish. NO-SPACES-ALLOWED I called mine Create-Launcher
In the command field put the path to the script from step 3: /home/mike/bin/launcher-script Use your user name and the actual file name you created.
Click the spring to add an icon. I made on on the Gimp but there are lots of icons you could use that are very generic and already installed. Click the spring and it will take you to some.
Once you're finished click ok. Now you can navigate your file browser down to /usr/share/applications and you will find your new launcher. Simply drag it to your launcher bar and you are ready to go. This process puts your launchers in a place where all users can access them. Most of what I have found puts thing on the desktop which might be fine for some but not for me. I hope you find this helpful.
Now you can easily create your eclipse launcher and any others too.
After thought, every time you create a new launcher you will have to enter your password. This is necessary to make the new launcher accessible to all users. It will belong to root and the group will be root this way. That is the way the rest of the system comes configured. If you cd to /usr/share/applications, type ls -l and, verify for yourself. Ubuntu should have supplied their os with an application already installed for creating launchers. There are other things I disagree with like the screensaver and no short cut to the desktop. I have only been on 11.10 for a couple days. I am going to give it the college try. If I still don't like it in a month I will fix it then.
