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I am very new to linux and I do some programming for school in Eclipse. However I stumbled upon bug in eclipse and the suggestion was to install eclipse 3.5.1-0 ubuntu7 using Synaptic.

I opened synaptic but it said that the latest version was just eclipse 3.5.1-0 ubuntu3 so installed it anyway however the bug is still there and I'd like to install eclipse 3.5.1-0 ubuntu7 but I don't know how since Synaptic insists that the latest version is ubuntu3.

I am using Linux mint btw. A bug report of the bug I am experiencing can be found here

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1) Download eclipse from http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/

2) Extract with

tar xzf eclipse-jee-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk.tar.gz
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  • (or eclipse-jee-galileo-SR1-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz if you install the 64bit version)
    – RJFalconer
    Dec 31, 2009 at 13:49
  • Hi I first installed this way and then I found something was wrong so the suggestion was to install from synaptic 3.5.1-0 ubuntu7 but apparently my synaptic is saying that the latest eclipse is 3.5.1-0 ubuntu3
    – Jeune
    Dec 31, 2009 at 13:52
  • What command are you giving to aptitude? It should always give you the latest version unless you specifically specify otherwise
    – RJFalconer
    Jan 1, 2010 at 1:19
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Have you tried downloading (Link for Eclipse Java IDE) and installing the latest eclipse from their site?

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  • Hi, yes this is the version that actually has the bug and the suggestion was to install from synaptic.
    – Jeune
    Dec 31, 2009 at 13:48
  • Latest version is the one linked here. Synaptic only has 3.5.1-0 ubuntu3. If you want 3.5.1-0 ubuntu7 I think you're going to need to install from the gzip.
    – RJFalconer
    Jan 1, 2010 at 2:09
  • My original installation the buggy one was from the gzip and that's when I was recommended to install ubuntu7 from Synaptic but apparently it wasn't in the repositories. So guess I am back to square one. hahaha.
    – Jeune
    Jan 1, 2010 at 2:36
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Aptitude should always get you the latest version of eclipse in the ubuntu repository. (Currently 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3)

If the "download the gzip and install" isn't working for you I suppose it's worth trying installing the repository version and upgrading from there. You have some issue with your current eclipse install, so let's back up settings and reinstall

cd ~
mv .eclipse .eclipse.old
sudo aptitude remove eclipse

You may also want to rename / move your workspace directory. Default is ~/workspace.

cd ~
mv workspace workspace.old

Now install eclipse

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install eclipse

You will still have the version in the repository.

Run eclipse.

Window->Preferences
Install/Update->Available Software
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo/
Help->Check for updates

Open the same window again. Select all the sources it found, enable them.

Check for updates again.

Help->Install new software
http://download.eclipse.org/releases/galileo/

Install eclipse packages you desire.

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  • Disclaimer; installing from synaptic is a really bad idea imho. The version there is ancient. This method of updating successfully updated Ganymede to Galileo for me, but "apt-cache policy eclipse" still reports 3.5.1-ubuntu3. I don't really know how updating apps outside synaptic affects managed synaptic packages to be honest.
    – RJFalconer
    Jan 1, 2010 at 2:14
  • Actually I realized that installing eclipse using aptitude/synaptic et. al gives me the Classic Eclipse. I need the eclipse for Java EE. and keying in the command sudo apt-cache search eclipse doesn't yield a Java EE result. hahaha. Now I have two problems how to install eclipse Java EE and how to update to the latest fixed version.
    – Jeune
    Jan 1, 2010 at 2:43
  • Sorry, I'm losing track. What's the problem with the gzip download from eclipse.org? I thought you wanted the version from synaptic.
    – RJFalconer
    Jan 2, 2010 at 1:31
  • The version from eclipse.org has a bug in it. See edited post.
    – Jeune
    Jan 2, 2010 at 5:41
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The latest version of eclipse on ubuntu repositories is 3.5.1+repack~1-0ubuntu3.

To install a later version you need to download from eclipse website. (As per this answer).

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