eclipse software package provides Extensible Tool Platform and Java IDE, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install eclipse
eclipse is installed in your system.
Make ensure the eclipse package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep eclipse *
You will get with eclipse package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus |
| Section | Development |
| Package | eclipse |
| Version | 3.8.1-8 |
| Description | Extensible Tool Platform and Java IDE |
| Sub Section | Devel |