Install Eclipse

How to install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty / LinuxMint 17 Qiana, and how to prepare Eclipse 4.3 Kepler for Java 8

Both Ubuntu and Linux Mint have OpenJDK in their repositories, and that should work fine for most stuff.
But when you are into serious development, especially to install the Eclipse IDE, you need Oracle Java.

To install Oracle Java 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty / LinuxMint 17 Qiana, use the following commands in Terminal:

How to install Eclipse 4.3 Kepler or Eclipse 4.2 Juno and pre-requisite Oracle Java 7 on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring / Ubuntu 12.04 Precise LTS / Linux Mint 15 Olivia (the recommended method)

Eclipse is one of the most widely used free and open-source IDEs out there in the professional Software Development industry.
Still, both Ubuntu 13.04 Raring (as well as the LST Ubuntu 12.04.x) and Linux Mint 15 Olivia has a seemingly very old version of Eclipse in their repositories.
Here is a how-to on installing the latest and greatest version of Eclipse 4.3 Kepler (this whould also work for Eclipse 4.2 Juno) on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring / Ubuntu 12.04 Precise / Linux Mint 15 Olivia:

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