Eclipse 3.7.1 on Ubuntu 10.4

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The installation file
eclipse-SDK-3.7.1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
is downloaded from the Eclipse site.

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It extracts into the directory "eclipse". The directory "eclipse" is moved to /home/<username>/Applications/eclipse-3.7.1

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The file Eclipse 3.7.1.desktop is created:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Type=Application

Terminal=false

Icon[en_US]=gnome-panel-launcher

Name[en_US]=Eclipse 3.7.1

Exec=/home/<username>/Applications/eclipse-3.7.1/eclipse -data /home/<username>/works/workspace -vm /opt/java/jdk1.6.0_27/bin/java

Name=Eclipse 3.7.1

Icon=/home/<username>/Applications/eclipse-3.7.1/icon.xpm

The use of the options -data and -vm is well described in the documentation file readme_eclipse.html.

The workspace location /works/workspace can be chosen in any other way.