The following screen capture shows the installation in Linux using an eclipse/installs/ directory. After the file has been downloaded, it should be extracted to the Eclipse installs directory. The zipped Eclipse file will be downloaded to the local file system and can be saved to a temporary location that can be deleted after Eclipse has been installed. Choose the Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers. You should avoid opening the workspace from more than one installation of Eclipse.
Once Eclipse is installed and workspaces are created, they should never be moved to another location in the file system.
The following points should be kept in mind regarding Eclipse installs and workspaces:
