How to create eclipse shortcut under Linux operating system

1. Find the file directory where eclipse is decompressed, and open it in the terminal

2. Switch the user to root in the terminal

su

3. Create a file in this directory

touch eclipse.desktop

4. Open this file with vim and add the following content

vim eclipse.desktop

 [Desktop Entry]
       Encoding=UTF-8
       Name=Eclipse
       Comment=Eclipse IDE
       Exec=/usr/local/eclipse/eclipse
       Icon=/usr/local/eclipse/icon.xpm
       Terminal=false
       Type=Application
       Categories=GNOME;Application;Development;

Name is the name of the created shortcut, and Icon is the icon of the shortcut. Be sure to note that the path of Exec and Icon is the path where your file is located.
5. After saving and exiting, enter this command:

chmod +x eclipse.desktop

6. Finally, copy and paste the file in the folder to the desktop