Eclipse Shortcut for Ubuntu Unity

a shortcut to run Eclipse on Ubuntu Unity and to register Eclipse with the left Launcher

Installation

In your terminal,

cd ~/.local/share/applications
wget https://gist.github.com/raw/2922285/eclipse.desktop
chmod u+x eclipse.desktop
vim eclipse.desktop
# edit eclipse.desktop to replace "<ECLIPSE_DIR>" with your eclipse directory

Register Eclipse with Unity Launcher

1. In your terminal, xdg-open ~/.local/share/applications to open the directory with the file browser
2. Drag and drop the eclipse.desktop on Unity Launcher

Raw

 eclipse.desktop

	# Eclipse Shortcut
	# https://gist.github.com/2922285
	[Desktop Entry]
	Type=Application
	Name=Eclipse
	Comment=Eclipse Integrated Development Environment
	Icon=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/icon.xpm
	Exec=<ECLIPSE_DIR>/eclipse
	Terminal=false
	Categories=Development;IDE;Java;
	StartupWMClass=Eclipse

Reference:

https://gist.github.com/kui/2922285