Introduction
On this page, we will learn how to launch Eclipse IDE from the Terminal on Ubuntu Linux machine. This tutorial assumes that Eclipse is installed on the Linux system.
Steps to Install Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu Linux machine:
https://www.testingdocs.com/install-eclipse-on-ubuntu-linux/
Steps to Launch Eclipse
Launch Terminal application.
Change working directory to the Eclipse install directory path from the Terminal.
$ cd <eclipse install directory>
For example, if the eclipse installation directory is /home/testingdocs/eclipse
$ cd /home/testingdocs/eclipse
Launch from Terminal
To run Eclipse from the Terminal, issue the following command in the terminal
$ ./eclipse
This would launch the Eclipse IDE on Linux machine.
Add to PATH
Notice that we have to change directory into eclipse install directory. To run Eclipse from anywhere in the Terminal, add the eclipse install directory to PATH environment variable.
$ gedit /etc/profile
Append eclipse directory to the PATH.
PATH=$PATH:/home/testingdocs/eclipse
export PATH
Save the file.
Now we can launch Eclipse IDE on Ubuntu Linux from anywhere in the Terminal windows. echo PATH variable to check if the eclipse directory got appended to the existing PATH.
Command to check the PATH environment variable.
$ echo $PATH
Now, we can simply type eclipse in the Terminal from anywhere in the directory tree. There is no need to change working directory to the eclipse install directory.
$ eclipse
That’s it. We have learnt how to launch eclipse from the command line.
More Information on Eclipse IDE: