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How do I create a .desktop file to launch eclipse?

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When I create a .desktop file to launch eclipse (latest build with JDK 1.8 support) I get the following error:

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK)

must be available in order to run Eclipse. No Java virtual machine

was found after searching the following locations:

/home/dean/bin/eclipse-standard-luna-M5-linux-gtk-x86_64/eclipse/jre/bin/java

java in your current PATH

Why does it try to find the JRE under the directory where the eclipse binary is?

I can launch Eclipse from the command line, and I can pin it to the launcher and it works. Why is the .desktop file so confused about what it is supposed to do?

Here is my .desktop file:

[Desktop Entry]

Version=1.0

Name=Eclipse JDK 1.8

Comment=Eclipse

Exec=/home/dean/bin/eclipse-standard-luna-M5-linux-gtk-x86_64/eclipse/eclipse

Icon=/home/dean/bin/eclipse-standard-luna-M5-linux-gtk-x86_64/eclipse/icon.xpm

Terminal=false

Type=Application

Categories=Utility;Application;

The problem I'm having is not what was asked in the question linked above as a duplice. My issue is because my PATH to the JDK is set in my .bashrc.

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answered 2 Years ago puccop · Accepted Answer

I've copied the following block from within the if [ -n "$BASH_VERSION" ]; then statement:

if [ -f "$HOME/.bashrc_" ]; then

    . "$HOME/.bashrc"

fi

I've also tried without the if statement:

. "$HOME/.bashrc"

but Eclipse fails with the same error message in both cases. Apparently HOME isn't set when lightdm runs ~/.profile.

Explicitly setting the path in ~/.profile works, but I want to keep my PATH and my other Bash features (aliases, functions) in the same file.

The solution is to set the PATH on the Exec=env PATH=$PATH:... line in eclipse.desktop. Nothing I've tried works to start IntelliJ from a desktop icon, however.

Given that you are reinventing the Linux GUI experience with Unity maybe it's time to leave the error prone series of scripts behind and use something that is less error prone and easier to use. The scripts would still have to be there for bash shells, but the Unity desktop could be independent of them.