I’ve set up Eclipse in Ubuntu 10.04. I currently have the OpenJDK JRE installed but don’t have the JDK needed to compile.
However, the code written Eclipse still compiles. Is this a standard compiler included in Eclipse? I’ve searched through the package manager and don’t seem to have any of the JDKs installed…
Note: running ‘javac’ in the terminal doesn’t work.
If you download Eclipse from eclipse.org, it will bring everything it needs to work with it.
Eclipse is designed to be a standalone package which only minimally uses the components of the system on which it runs. This helps to provide the same experience everywhere.
On the down side, it makes Eclipse larger and more RAM-hungry, and also makes keeping Eclipse up-to-date a separate chore from keeping the rest of your system current.
You can see what Eclipse is using by going into your project build settings. It may be using its built-in compiler, which lets it easily highlight errors, rapidly do incremental builds, and such.