Installing Eclipse in Ubuntu 13.10

Adapted answer from Shubhmay and TimD on askubuntu on installing Eclipse. Extract the eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz file: tar -zxvf eclipse.XX.YY.tar.gz Copy the extracted folder to /opt: sudo cp -r eclipse /opt Create a desktop file gedit eclipse.desktop copy the following to the eclipse.desktop file [Desktop Entry] Name=Eclipse Type=Application #Exec=eclipse Exec=env UBUNTU_MENUPROXY=0 eclipse # for menubar bug in 13.10 Terminal=false Icon=eclipse Comment=Integrated Development Environment NoDisplay=false Categories=Development;IDE; Name[en]=Eclipse Execute the following command to automatically install it in the unity: sudo desktop-file-install eclipse.