I just realized while trying to install Visual Editor, that Eclipse has a new version. I am using 3.5, but 3.6 is available.
I could just download eclipse from their website, but that would be too easy! I guess I was hoping that if I use the repository, the packaging team would keep it up to date.
I found this thread discussing upgrading. They say it doesn’t work, but I thought I would give it a try myself. Worst cast, I could download it manually like #11 describes.
So, I went to Synaptic and opened the Settings > Repositories. Then, I added the repository:
deb https://launchpad.net/~eclipse-team/+archive/debian-package lucid main
When I clicked Reload on Synaptic, I got this error message:
Failed to fetch https://launchpad.net/~eclipse-team/+archive/debian-package/dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz The requested URL returned error: 404Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.Failed to fetch https://launchpad.net/~eclipse-team/+archive/debian-package/dists/lucid/main/binary-amd64/Packages.gz The requested URL returned error: 404Some index files failed to download, they have been ignored, or old ones used instead.
I wonder if it is because I am running the 64bit version of Ubuntu.
Anyway, since it didn’t work, I downloaded eclipse from the Eclipse website. Then, I extracted the tar ball into my Downloads directory. From the command line, I changed directory into the newly created eclipse directory. Then, I ran this command to copy it to /usr/lib —
sudo cp -r * /usr/lib/eclipse/
One thing to keep in mind is that you probably want to write down what extensions you have installed and the sites so that you can reinstall them.