I didn't say you can't use eclipse.
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root@analog:/sys/bus/iio/devices/iio:device1# apt-get install eclipse
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The following extra packages will be installed:
ant ant-optional aspectj binfmt-support ca-certificates-java default-jdk default-jre default-jre-headless eclipse-jdt eclipse-pde eclipse-platform eclipse-platform-data eclipse-rcp fastjar
fonts-dejavu-extra icedtea-7-jre-jamvm jarwrapper java-common junit junit4 libapache-pom-java libart-2.0-2 libasm3-java libaspectj-java libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbonobo2-0
libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcommons-beanutils-java libcommons-cli-java libcommons-codec-java libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-compress-java libcommons-dbcp-java
libcommons-digester-java libcommons-httpclient-java libcommons-lang-java libcommons-logging-java libcommons-parent-java libcommons-pool-java libdb-java libdb-je-java libdb5.3-java libdb5.3-java-jni
libeasymock-java libecj-java libequinox-osgi-java libfelix-bundlerepository-java libfelix-gogo-command-java libfelix-gogo-runtime-java libfelix-gogo-shell-java libfelix-osgi-obr-java
libfelix-shell-java libfelix-utils-java libgail18 libgconf2-4 libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java libgeronimo-jta-1.1-spec-java libgeronimo-osgi-support-java libgif4 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin
libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libhamcrest-java libicu4j-4.4-java libicu4j-java libidl-common libidl0
libjetty8-java libjline-java libjsch-java libjtidy-java libkxml2-java liblucene2-java libnss3-1d liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 libosgi-compendium-java libosgi-core-java libosgi-foundation-ee-java
libregexp-java libservlet2.5-java libservlet3.0-java libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni libswt-glx-gtk-3-jni libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni libswt-gtk-3-java libswt-gtk-3-jni libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni libtomcat7-java
libxerces2-java libxml-commons-external-java libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java libxt-dev libxz-java openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless sat4j tzdata-java
Suggested packages:
ant-doc ant-gcj ant-optional-gcj antlr javacc jython libbcel-java libbsf-java libcommons-net-java libgnumail-java libjaxp1.3-java libjdepend-java liblog4j1.2-java liboro-java libxalan2-java junit-doc
libbonobo2-bin libcommons-beanutils-java-doc libcommons-collections3-java-doc libcommons-dbcp-java-doc libcommons-digester-java-doc libcommons-httpclient-java-doc libavalon-framework-java
libcommons-logging-java-doc libexcalibur-logkit-java libdb5.3-java-gcj libeasymock-java-doc ecj libecj-java-gcj libfelix-bundlerepository-java-doc libfelix-gogo-command-java-doc
libfelix-gogo-runtime-java-doc libfelix-gogo-shell-java-doc libfelix-osgi-obr-java-doc libfelix-shell-java-doc libfelix-utils-java-doc libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java-doc libgeronimo-jta-java-doc
libgeronimo-osgi-support-java-doc libgnomevfs2-bin libgnomevfs2-extra gamin fam gnome-mime-data jetty8 libjetty8-java-doc libjline-java-doc libjtidy-java-doc libosgi-compendium-java-doc
libosgi-core-java-doc libosgi-foundation-ee-java-doc libswt-gtk-3-java-gcj tomcat7 libxerces2-java-doc libxerces2-java-gcj libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java-doc libxt-doc openjdk-7-demo openjdk-7-source
visualvm icedtea-7-plugin sun-java6-fonts fonts-ipafont-gothic fonts-ipafont-mincho ttf-wqy-microhei ttf-wqy-zenhei ttf-telugu-fonts ttf-oriya-fonts ttf-kannada-fonts ttf-bengali-fonts
The following NEW packages will be installed:
ant ant-optional aspectj binfmt-support ca-certificates-java default-jdk default-jre default-jre-headless eclipse eclipse-jdt eclipse-pde eclipse-platform eclipse-platform-data eclipse-rcp fastjar
fonts-dejavu-extra icedtea-7-jre-jamvm jarwrapper java-common junit junit4 libapache-pom-java libart-2.0-2 libasm3-java libaspectj-java libatk-wrapper-java libatk-wrapper-java-jni libbonobo2-0
libbonobo2-common libbonoboui2-0 libbonoboui2-common libcommons-beanutils-java libcommons-cli-java libcommons-codec-java libcommons-collections3-java libcommons-compress-java libcommons-dbcp-java
libcommons-digester-java libcommons-httpclient-java libcommons-lang-java libcommons-logging-java libcommons-parent-java libcommons-pool-java libdb-java libdb-je-java libdb5.3-java libdb5.3-java-jni
libeasymock-java libecj-java libequinox-osgi-java libfelix-bundlerepository-java libfelix-gogo-command-java libfelix-gogo-runtime-java libfelix-gogo-shell-java libfelix-osgi-obr-java
libfelix-shell-java libfelix-utils-java libgail18 libgconf2-4 libgeronimo-jpa-2.0-spec-java libgeronimo-jta-1.1-spec-java libgeronimo-osgi-support-java libgif4 libgnome2-0 libgnome2-bin
libgnome2-common libgnomecanvas2-0 libgnomecanvas2-common libgnomeui-0 libgnomeui-common libgnomevfs2-0 libgnomevfs2-common libhamcrest-java libicu4j-4.4-java libicu4j-java libidl-common libidl0
libjetty8-java libjline-java libjsch-java libjtidy-java libkxml2-java liblucene2-java libnss3-1d liborbit-2-0 liborbit2 libosgi-compendium-java libosgi-core-java libosgi-foundation-ee-java
libregexp-java libservlet2.5-java libservlet3.0-java libswt-cairo-gtk-3-jni libswt-glx-gtk-3-jni libswt-gnome-gtk-3-jni libswt-gtk-3-java libswt-gtk-3-jni libswt-webkit-gtk-3-jni libtomcat7-java
libxerces2-java libxml-commons-external-java libxml-commons-resolver1.1-java libxt-dev libxz-java openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre openjdk-7-jre-headless sat4j tzdata-java
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No - eclipse might be just too slow on the target itself - so I never tried using it.
Most people use a simple editor and then command line tools.
That is all up to you.
-Michael