As already you know Fedora 16 is the most robust operating for desktop users, so this post will help a beginner java programmer in getting started on Fedora with Eclipse IDE. Eclipse is not only used for developing Java application, it can be used to develop applications in various programming languages including Ada, C, C++, COBOL, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, R, Ruby (including Ruby on Rails framework), Scala, Clojure, Groovy and Scheme. It can also be used to develop packages for the software Mathematica. Development environments include the Eclipse Java development tools (JDT) for Java, Eclipse CDT for C/C++ and Eclipse PDT for PHP, among others. Lot of plugins available for Eclipse so that you can extend ability as much you want.
Open Terminal (Applications —–> System Tools ——> Terminal)
Switch to root user.
[raj@geeksite~/]$ su
Install Eclipse.
[root@geeksite~/]# yum -y install eclipse
The above one will install the Eclipse with C/C++ developement Tools (CDT) and C/C++ with SDK ( For Android Development).
If you are C/C++ Programmer, install the plugin.
[root@geeksite~/]# yum -y install eclipse-cdt eclipse-cdt-sdk
Start Eclipse ( Applications —-> Programming —-> Eclipse).
or
[raj@geeksite~/]$ eclipse
That’s All.