unable to install .deb file through terminal

Question

I'm in confusion because I'm not getting my eclipse even after installing. I downloaded .tar.gz file of eclipse. Then I generated .deb file using command: sudo alien -d eclipse.tar.gz

Then I tried to install it using command:

sudo dpkg -i ./eclipse_1-2_all.deb

It didn't give me any error and seemed to have worked but there's no eclipse application in dash home. What should I do? Kindly suggest.

Why not use Ubuntu Software Center? This is Ubuntu, there is no need to download. — user68186, Feb 08 '15 at 14:32
AFAIK you are supposed to extract the zip file and run the installer. — Registered User, Feb 08 '15 at 14:33
I've downloaded more than 200 mb, just to install it, I don't think I'm going to use software center for this. I've done this twice with the same file and there was no problem then, but this once this is creating the problem. — lavee_singh, Feb 08 '15 at 14:39
Not sure what you did and why, but the downloaded version of eclipse usually creates a .desktop file on first run. In other words, before that, you will not find it in Dash. If your executable is not in $PATH, you can find it by looking inside your .deb file. Creating a .deb. file of it seems a needless step however. — Jacob Vlijm, Feb 08 '15 at 14:41
Is there nothing I can do, instead of reinstalling it from another source? — lavee_singh, Feb 08 '15 at 15:09
Well, you got some suggestions. Did you try any of it? You didn't answer the request for information, what more would you like us to do? — Jacob Vlijm, Feb 09 '15 at 20:49
And another one How to Install Software when you're a Windows user — Fabby, Feb 10 '15 at 20:14

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Feb 11 '15 at 10:55

I've finally got the solution after a lot of time. I've been missing jdk in my ubuntu that's why .sh files were unable to be run. I got this idea while installing pycharm but I had to install eclipse from synaptic package manager. Thanks to all for your suggestions.

unable to install .deb file through terminal

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