Install and use Eclipse for Linux on POWER

Learn to write C++and  Java on Eclipse

"Learn how to install and use Eclipse specifically for Linux® running on IBM® POWER™ processor-based systems. Learn, also, how to use Eclipse to compile and run applications through sample Java™ and C programs."

For more information read the article "Install and use Eclipse for Linux on POWER" by IBM

Using Intel Compilers with Eclipse IDE on Linux

Intel has come up with a dated documentation on Using Intel Compilers with Eclipse IDE on Linux. Still useful to give an idea of how to integrate the intel compilers to Eclipse

Intel® C++ Compiler for Linux* - Using Intel® Compilers with the Eclipse* IDE [PDF]

Users encountering Invalid Configuration Location on Eclipse

After installing the Eclipse software as according to Eclipse Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) for Linux, your users may encounter error after they type "eclipse"

The error found Locking is not possible in the directory

"/usr/local/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.osgi. A common reason is that the file system or Runtime Environment does not support file locking for that location. Please choose a different location,or disable file locking passing "=Dosgi.lockling=none" as a VM argument. 'usr/local/eclipse/configuration/org.eclipse.orgi/.manager/.fileTableLock (Permission denied)"

To solve the issue, you simply have to initiate a flag "-configuration" and point the location to your home directory

$ eclipse -configuration < location >

Eclipse Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) for Linux

What is Eclipse?

1. It is a vendor-neutral open source workbench for multi-language development.
2. Extensible platform for tool integration
3. Plugin-in based framework to create, integrate and utilise software tools.

It has several packages which includes

1. Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers
2. Eclipse IDE for Java PHP Developers
3. Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers
4. Eclipse IDE for JavaScript Web Developers
5. Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Linux Developers (includes Incubating components)
6. ....and many more

Installing eclipse on CentOS 5.x. First you need Java 1.5 and above

# yum install java*

Download the Linux version from Eclipse Download. In my case, I downloaded the "Eclipse IDE for C/C++ Developers"

# tar -zxvf eclipse-cpp-helios-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

If you wish to put eclipse in a common location for common use, put the extracted directory to /usr/local/ or any place of your choice. After placing the eclipse, remember to path it

# touch /etc/profile.d/eclipse.sh

At /etc/profile.d/eclipse.sh

# PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/eclipse

Source eclipse.sh

# source /etc/profile.d/eclipse.sh

Launch the eclipse application

# eclipse

Yum install of Eclipse on CentOS 5.x

This entry is an addition to other blog entry on Eclipse. To install Eclipse on CentOS 5.x

# yum install eclipse-platform

1. Eclipse Integrated Development Environment ( IDE ) for Linux
2. Users encountering Invalid Configuration Location on Eclipse
3. Using Intel Compilers with Eclipse IDE on Linux
4. Install and use Eclipse for Linux on POWER