I've just downloaded Eclipse Neon and I don't know in which folder should I place it, also I want to create an entry on Gnome's menu, how can I achieve that?
for convention in which folder should I place no-installable applications?
linux;fedora;gnome;application
It's considered good practice to install local programs that you've downloaded (and possibly compiled yourself) into /usr/local. The directories beneath /usr/local should mirror the usually directories, so you have /usr/local/bin, /usr/local/lib, etc. Many applications also check the /usr/local hierarchy, so downloaded programs and libraries integrate with your other applications.I have a lot of these programs, and to make installing and uninstalling them easier, I use a program called stow (usually available as a package) that creates symlinks. So I have a directory /usr/local/stow, and all installable files (say for a package eclipse_neon) go into /usr/local/stow/eclipse_neon, with bin/ etc. directories as appropriate. Then I can use stow to install and uninstall the package into the /usr/local/ hierarchy, and just do a rm -rf /usr/local/stow/eclipse_neon if I want to get rid of the package completely.But that's only one way to manage /usr/local, there are other ways.To make an entry into Gnome's menu, you need to put a desktop file in a location where Gnome can find it.