Try to create a eclipse.desktop
file under /usr/share/applications
(or ~/.local/share/applications
or directly in ~/Desktop
) with the following content:
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Eclipse IDE
Exec=/path/to/eclipse/executable
Icon=/path/to/eclipse/icon
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
You can choose another category, too. For additional information: categories available.