Howtouninstall/installeclipseonFedora12

check firstly:

$ rpm -qa | grep eclipse
eclipse-platform-3.4.2-20.fc11.i586
tomcat5-jasper-eclipse-5.5.27-6.2.fc11.noarch
eclipse-pde-3.4.2-20.fc11.i586
eclipse-cdt-5.0.2-4.fc11.i586
eclipse-rcp-3.4.2-20.fc11.i586
eclipse-jdt-3.4.2-20.fc11.i586
icu4j-eclipse-3.8.1-5.fc11.i586
eclipse-swt-3.4.2-20.fc11.i586

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1. uninstall eclipse on fedora 12

a. sudo yum remove 'eclipse*' ( This assumes you installed with the package manager or an RPM file )

. make uninstall ( If you installed from source, then go to the source directory and run the command. don't know if that works, but it's worth a try )

2. install eclipse