Eclipse Che is a popular cloud-based integrated development environment (IDE) that allows developers to build applications effortlessly. In this tutorial, we will explain the steps to install Eclipse Che on POP! OS latest using the command line.
Before getting started, make sure that you have the following:
First, ensure that your system is up to date with the latest packages. Open the terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y
To install Eclipse Che, you will need to install the following dependencies:
To install Docker on POP! OS, run the following command:
sudo apt install docker.io
Next, install Java 11 using the following command:
sudo apt install openjdk-11-jdk
To download and install Eclipse Che, execute the following command in the terminal:
curl -sSL https://www.eclipse.org/che/chectl/ | sudo bash
This command will download and install the chectl command-line tool on your system, which you can use to manage Eclipse Che.
To configure Eclipse Che, navigate to the directory where you want to install Eclipse Che and run the chectl command with the init option. For example, to install Eclipse Che in /opt/che, run the following command:
sudo mkdir -p /opt/che
sudo chectl server:install --che-workspace /opt/che --offline
This command will create a new directory /opt/che and install Eclipse Che with default configurations. If you want to customize the installation, you can use the --help option to see the available options.
To start Eclipse Che, run the following command:
sudo chectl server:start
This command will start the Eclipse Che server and display the URL to access the IDE. Open the URL in the web browser to start using Eclipse Che.
In this tutorial, we have demonstrated how to install Eclipse Che on POP! OS latest using the command line. Now that you have installed Eclipse Che, you can start developing your projects in the cloud with ease.
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