Install Eclipse SDK 4.3.1 (Kepler) on Fedora 18+

This is guide, howto install latest Eclipse SDK 4.3.1 (Kepler) on Fedora, CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL). This guide should work with Fedora 19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/6.3/6.2/6.1/6/5.9 and even with earlier versions.
Eclipse is a multi-language software development environment comprising an integrated development environment (IDE) and an extensible plug-in system. It is written primarily in Java and can be used to develop applications in Java and, by means of various plug-ins, other languages including C, C++, COBOL, Python, Perl, PHP, Scala and Ruby (including Ruby on Rails framework) .
Install Eclipse SDK 4.3.1 (Kepler) on Fedora 19/18, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6.4/5.9

1. Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7
Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK 7 on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL)
2. Download Eclipse SDK 4.3.1 (Kepler)
Download suitable version from www.eclipse.org/downloads. This guide uses Eclipse Classic 4.3.1 version. Another popular versions are Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers, Eclipse IDE for Java Developers and Eclipse for PHP Developers. Select also 32-bit or 64-bit version depending on your system.
3. Change root user

su -
## OR ##
sudo -i
4. Extract Eclipse package (example to /opt directory)
## x86 - 32-bit ##
tar -xvzf eclipse-standard-kepler-R-linux-gtk.tar.gz -C /opt
## x86_64 - 64-bit ##
tar -xvzf eclipse-standard-kepler-R-linux-gtk-x86_64.tar.gz -C /opt
5. Add read permissions to all files
chmod -R +r /opt/eclipse
6. Create Eclipse executable on /usr/bin path
touch /usr/bin/eclipse
chmod 755 /usr/bin/eclipse
 
## Open eclipse file with your favourite editor
nano -w /usr/bin/eclipse
 
## Paste following content to file
#!/bin/sh
export ECLIPSE_HOME="/opt/eclipse"
$ECLIPSE_HOME/eclipse $*
7. Create Gnome desktop launcher
## Create following file, with our favourite editor ##
/usr/share/applications/eclipse.desktop
 
## Add following content to file and save ##
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse
Comment=Eclipse SDK 4.3.1
Exec=eclipse
Icon=/opt/eclipse/icon.xpm
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;
StartupNotify=true
8. Start Eclipse 4.3.1
From command line use eclipse command
eclipse
From Desktop menu Gnome 3 Eclipse 4.3.1

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9. Eclipse 4.3 screenshot, running on Fedora 19 64-bit
Eclipse 4.3 Kepler running on Fedora 19

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Troubleshooting
If you get something like following errors:
Failed to load the JNI shared library /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so
Or
/usr/java/jdk1.6.0_21/jre/bin/../lib/i386/client/libjvm.so: cannot enable executable stack as shared object requires: Permission denied
Then do following:

chcon -t execmem_exec_t '/opt/eclipse/eclipse'
and try again.

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