Installing eclipse 3.7 (indigo) on Ubuntu

Installing an alternative eclipse as the one provided through the software center is not that difficult.

Go the the eclipse download page, and download the package that suits you most. I went for the 64 bit JEE version: eclipse-jee-indigo-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz.

Next, open a terminal and execute the folowing commands:

tar zxfv eclipse-jee-indigo-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz

mv eclipse eclipse-3.7

sudo mv eclipse-3.7 /opt

cd /opt

sudo chown -R root:root eclipse-3.7

sudo ln -s /opt/eclipse-3.7/eclipse /usr/bin/eclipse

The same procedure works for other versions as well.