In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Eclipse Che on Linux Mint.
Before we begin, make sure you have the following:
Eclipse Che requires Java to be installed on your system. Run the following command to check if Java is already installed on your machine:
java -version
If Java is not installed, you can install OpenJDK by running the following command:
sudo apt install default-jdk
Next, you need to download Eclipse Che from the official website. Open your browser and go to the Eclipse Che download page. Click on the link to download the latest version of Eclipse Che for Linux.
After that, save the downloaded file to your preferred location.
Once you have downloaded the Eclipse Che installation file, navigate to the directory where the file is stored and extract the files using the following command:
tar -xf che-*-linux.tar.gz
Replace the * with the actual version number of Eclipse Che.
Eclipse Che uses Docker to manage containers. Install Docker on your Linux Mint machine by running the following command:
sudo apt-get install docker.io
When Docker is installed, make sure to start the Docker service by running this command:
sudo systemctl start docker
After the extraction is complete, navigate to the directory where the Eclipse Che files are located. In the directory, open the che.env file using a text editor:
nano che.env
In the file, find the line that says DOCKER_HOST_IP=127.0.0.1 and replace 127.0.0.1 with the IP address or hostname of your machine.
Next, find the line that says PUBLIC_DOMAIN=<namespace>.codenvy.io. Replace <namespace> with a unique name that you choose. This will be the domain name that is used to access Eclipse Che through a web browser.
Save and close the che.env file.
Finally, start Eclipse Che by running the following command:
./che.sh start
After the installation is complete, you can access Eclipse Che by opening your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:8080/dashboard/. If you want to access Eclipse Che from another machine on the network, replace localhost with the IP address or hostname of the machine where Eclipse Che is installed.
In this tutorial, we showed you how to install Eclipse Che on Linux Mint. With Eclipse Che, you can develop, build, and deploy applications in a cloud-based development environment.
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