Eclipse version in Debian package directories too old. Alternatives to manual install?
- by Håvard Geithus
Ian Murdock, the founder of Debian, has commented that package management is "the single biggest advancement Linux has brought to the industry". (Wikipedia)
But for some reason I'm forced to install eclipse manually if I want the most recent version, rather than the ancient eclipse 3.5.2 from the Debian package directories. Why?
Is there a more convenient way to get the newer version?
(I know the manual install is very little work, but I still think it should be unnecessary)