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How so I install Eclipse on Linux

aedwa2
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My windows version on Eclipse locks, crashes,and burns about every day.  Sometimes it requires re installing to fix. I have been using Eclipse for Android for 2 years and that has never happened.  Anyway, I decided to try Eclipse for Edison on Linux and find the instructions a little lacking.

I downloaded Eclipse from https://software.intel.com/en-us/node/532593 and did what they said and nothing at all happened.  I managed to discover that I needed JDK and installed Open JDK.  Changed the permissions on the launcher and it ran but Eclipse would not start, permission denied.  I changed the permission to executable and Eclipse opened along with a string of error messages (more than a dozen pair)

Unable to find full path for "i586-poky-linux-gcc"
Unable to find full path for "i586-poky-linux-g++"

I can't seem to find help online on this one.  Probably something simple so please educate me.

And need I say that the instuctions given are a little lacking:

After finishing, go to the created directory devkit-ide-linux and execute the devkit-launcher file to launch the SDK IDE Eclipse for application development.

Thanks for your help.

Allen

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aedwa2
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EDITED

Well, just search the files and find that they are in some directory way down in the tree and if you put them in /bin then some of the error messages go away.

But the program examples will still not compile.

The new error message is "cannot run ...gcc reason unknown".

I changed the permissions and now I go onto the next error.  cc1 is missing.  Can't fix this one.  

I really would like some instructions on how to do this.  Trial and error is not working for me.

Allen

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aedwa2
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I started over and once I got the file to a tar file I used tar -xvf yourfile.tar and things look better.  The program runs and compiles and it was easier than in the windows version.  

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