problem running eclipse on ubuntu?

Question

I downloaded eclipse on ubuntu. But when I run it it show following error.

A Java Runtime Environment (JRE) or Java Development Kit (JDK)
must be available i         


        

Answer 1

I solved it by created a symbolic link java in /usr/bin that points to the VM.

Steps :

1. Downloaded the appropriate version of Oracle's JDK from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html?ssSourceSiteId=otnjp

2. extract it to any folder. For example :

   tar zxvf ~/Downloads/jdk-8u5-linux-x64.tar.gz ~/DEV

3. create symbolic link with name java :

   cd /usr/bin

   ln -s ~/DEV/jdk1.8.0_05/bin/java java