I've got a new machine running Ubuntu 14.4 today, and I installedEclipse by downloading and unzipping it.Now I would like to be able to:run the command eclipse in the terminal to open Eclipse;search for it using Alt+F2 and typing eclipse.I added the eclipse directory in the path environment, this solved myrequirement (1).Eclipse has a .desktop file, so it can be put into to thelauncher. But I still can't use Alt+F2 to open the command screenand find it by typing eclipse. Is there any procedure I have tofollow so Ubuntu finds the Eclipse in the run a command screen justlike it finds Firefox, with an icon and everything?Also, what is the screen that appears after pressing Alt+F2 called?
What should I do so Ubuntu finds a new application when pressing Alt+F2?
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If you add the new directory to your PATH environment variable temporarily, the command launcher window (Alt-F2) will not find it. You have to make the PATH modification in your startup dot-files (usually .bash_profile or .bashrc), then you have to log out and log back in for the change to take effect for all new shells. After the re-login, you should be able to start it by typing eclipse in the command launcher window.