echo 'PATH='$PATH:/opt/local/bin' >~/.bashrc After that, just issuing the command eclipse (without the preceding /Applications/eclipse part) works as it should. How to run Eclipse -clean on a Mac?, Eclipse is a Mac Application (like Mail.app) rather than a simple executable so you open it from Terminal using the open command: cd /opt/local/bin sudo ln -s /Applications/eclipse/eclipse.
