Switched to Fedora 15 - install eclipse indigo properly

get eclipse, choose the Linux version:

http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/packages/release/indigo/r

open terminal:

su
tar -xvzf [the downloaded file] -C /opt
chmod -R +r /opt/eclipse
touch /usr/bin/eclipse
chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
nano -w /usr/bin/eclipse 

add following content
#!/bin/sh
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*

now you are nearly there,

nano /usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

Add following content to file and save

[Desktop Entry]

Encoding=UTF-8

Name=Eclipse

Comment=Eclipse SDK 3.7

Exec=eclipse

Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;

StartupNotify=true

original post: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/linux-install-eclipse-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/