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I am using Ubuntu 12.04LTS (32-bit). I am currently installing Eclipse Kepler using this post. I've finished the process but I can't get the eclipse display on the menu search. Currently, the eclipse icon is displayed along with its image, but the icon itself can't be clicked/entered. I have installed Oracle JDK 7 provided by this tutorial.

This I miss something that caused the icon/application to not run and/or cannot be clicked?

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Delete any previous launcher for Eclipse you may have made, this will create a completely new one.

Run these commands:

# Installs gnome-desktop-item-edit, a useful GUI to configure .desktop files
sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel

# Symlinks eclipse to /usr/local/bin, allowing you to launch it from a command line
# If eclipse is not in /opt, change this to point to your eclipse executable
sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse*/eclipse /usr/local/bin/eclipse

# Creates a new .desktop file in '/usr/share/applications'
sudo gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new "/usr/share/applications/eclipse-ide.desktop"

Then, put these into the fields, leave others default (You can actually put whatever you want in these, except "Command"):

  • Name: "Eclipse IDE"
  • Command: Click the Browse button and find the eclipse executable file
  • Icon: Click the springboard icon (towards the top left), then browse to the file icon.xpm, in the same folder as the eclipse executable
    • Note: The default Eclipse icon is very bad with Unity, you can't tell if it's launched or not. I personally use this icon here. Just choose this downloaded icon instead of the default icon.xpm
  • Comment: Anything you want, I put (from Wikipedia)

    Eclipse is a multi-language IDE comprising a base workspace and an extensible plug-in system for customizing the environment.

Click "OK", then search the Dash for your new icon.

See this screenshot for reference only: Creating the eclipse launcher using above steps

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Place the eclipse.desktop file in /home/your_user/.local/share/applications/eclipse.desktop

In addition, assure that the eclipse command is in your command path. it should be in /usr/local/bin according to your link. You can verify that you can run it by using the which command

which eclipse

If you cannot start eclipse from your home directory in your command line, try placing the full path name in the .desktop file

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Exec=/path/to/eclipse
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