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⁠Eclipse In A Container

Run Eclipse release Mars 1 inside a container on your desktop. This Image is based on the official java-image. Those are based on openjdk NOT oracles java implementation! OpenJFX is also installed.

You can preserve configuration and installed plugins by mounting the according volumes.

⁠Usage

docker run -it --rm \
--net host \
-v /tmp/.X11-unix:/tmp/.X11-unix \
-e DISPLAY=unix$DISPLAY \
-v $HOME/projects/java/workspace:/home/eclipse/workspace \
-v $HOME/.eclipse/plugins:/opt/eclipse/plugins \
-v $HOME/.eclipse/configuration:/opt/eclipse/configuration \
--name eclipse \
fschl/eclipse

⁠Halp! My container doesn't start!

The container needs permissions to access X11. The easiest way is to run

xhost +local:root

I have placed this in my .bashrc.

⁠TODO

• use eclipse docker plugin to run projects in their own containers
• install commonly used plugins