How to install Eclipse Che on Debian Latest

Eclipse Che is an open-source, cloud-based development environment that allows developers to create, test, and deploy applications in a flexible and collaborative environment. In this tutorial, we will walk through the steps to install Eclipse Che on Debian Latest.

Prerequisites

Step 1: Install Docker

Eclipse Che is installed using Docker containers, so you'll need to install Docker on your system first.

To install Docker on Debian Latest, run the following commands in your terminal:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y docker.io

You can verify your Docker installation by running:

sudo systemctl status docker

You should see a status message indicating that Docker is running.

Step 2: Install Chectl

Chectl is a command-line tool for running Eclipse Che. To install Chectl, run the following commands in your terminal:

wget https://github.com/che-incubator/chectl/releases/download/nightly-2021.10.27/chectl-linux-amd64.tar.gz
tar xzf chectl-linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv chectl /usr/local/bin/

You can verify your Chectl installation by running:

chectl -v

You should see the version of Chectl that you just installed.

Step 3: Start Eclipse Che

Now that you have Docker and Chectl installed, you're ready to start Eclipse Che.

To start Eclipse Che, run the following command:

chectl server:start

This will download and start the necessary Docker containers for Eclipse Che. The first time you run this command, it may take several minutes to complete.

Once Eclipse Che is running, you can access it in your web browser at http://localhost:8080. Login with the default username and password: admin and admin.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Eclipse Che on Debian Latest using Docker and Chectl. With Eclipse Che up and running, you're ready to start developing and collaborating in a flexible and powerful cloud-based environment.

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