Setting up the Eclipse workspace on Linux
- First add terminal to the bottom panel. Terminal is in system tools. Once you open up a terminal, you are in your home directory: "/home/yourname".
- Use a browser (Firefox) to download the eclipse workspace.
- List what is in the current directory (input, output):
ls
Desktop
- Change directory to "Desktop":
cd Desktop
- See what you have in the current directory:
ls
osp_eclipse_workspace.zip
You will see osp_eclipse_workspace.zip if you have the downloaded the zip file "osp_eclipse_workspace.zip".
- Unzip the file
unzip osp_eclipse_workspace.zip
Archive: osp_eclipse_workspace.zip
creating: workspace/.metadata/
inflating: workspace/.metadata/.bak_0.log
extracting: workspace/.metadata/.lock
inflating: workspace/.metadata/.log
creating: workspace/.metadata/.plugins/
...
- See what there is now:
ls
osp_eclipse_workspace.zip
workspace
Note that you have a new folder "workspace" after unzipping.
- Move the workspace directory to your home directory, which is one level up ("../"):
mv workspace/ ../
- See what you have now:
ls
osp_eclipse_workspace.zip
The workspace directory is now gone.
- Change directory to your home directory:
cd ../
- ls
Desktop
workspace
You have successfully placed the workspace directory in your home directory.
Updated 15 January 2007.